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04-18-2016, 06:00 PM
John Oliver and 'Sesame Street' teach us that lead poisoning is still a huge problem
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The disastrous events in Flint, Michigan have brought different social and eco**mic issues to light, one of which is the regulation of lead in water systems and housing developments.
On Last Week Tonight, (http://mashable.com/category/last-week-tonight/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) John Oliver shows that,*according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, lead and lead-based paint is present in 2,144,000 homes where children under the age of six live. The problem is (and has been) so prevalent that Sesame Street produced a PSA segment about it in 1996.
Since there has been little to ** effort to resolve the issue of lead paint, Oliver brought back the lovable Sesame Street muppets to draw attention to its hazards — because even the tiniest amount can cause irreversible damage. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/18/john-oliver-sesame-street-lead/)
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On Last Week Tonight, (http://mashable.com/category/last-week-tonight/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) John Oliver shows that,*according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, lead and lead-based paint is present in 2,144,000 homes where children under the age of six live. The problem is (and has been) so prevalent that Sesame Street produced a PSA segment about it in 1996.
Since there has been little to ** effort to resolve the issue of lead paint, Oliver brought back the lovable Sesame Street muppets to draw attention to its hazards — because even the tiniest amount can cause irreversible damage. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/18/john-oliver-sesame-street-lead/)
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