Lead in the drinking water is still a problem in the U.S. — especially in Chicago
Many cities have older lead service lines connecting homes to the water system. Seth Wenig/AP In Chicago, about 400,000 homes still get their tap water through lead service lines — pipes that connect individual homes to the main water line. And nearly 70 percent of young children are getting exposed to lead from their home […]
Lead in the drinking water is still a problem in the U.S. — especially in Chicago
Many cities have older lead service lines connecting homes to the water system. Seth Wenig/AP In Chicago, about 400,000 homes still get their tap water through lead service lines — pipes that connect individual homes to the main water line. And nearly 70 percent of young children are getting exposed to lead from their home […]
Dairy cows have tested positive for bird flu in Texas, Kansas and Michigan
Dairy cattle feed at a farm on March 31, 2017, near Vado, N.M. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says cows in multiple states have tested positive for bird flu. Rodrigo Abd/AP Livestock at multiple dairy farms across the U.S. have tested positive for bird flu — also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI […]
Dairy cows have tested positive for bird flu in Texas, Kansas and Michigan
Dairy cattle feed at a farm on March 31, 2017, near Vado, N.M. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says cows in multiple states have tested positive for bird flu. Rodrigo Abd/AP Livestock at multiple dairy farms across the U.S. have tested positive for bird flu — also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI […]
Court Rules Against Pharmacist Who Refused Emergency Contraception Prescription
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that a pharmacist who refused to provide emergency contraceptives to a customer because of his personal beliefs engaged in discrimination. The three-judge panel ruled Monday that pharmacist George Badeaux engaged in business discrimination in 2019 when he wouldn’t fill a prescription for an emergency contraception that is used […]
Former governor launches Jesse Ventura Farms cannabis brand
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is launching his own brand of cannabis edibles. Ventura is partnering with Columbia Heights-based Retro Bakery, which is producing hemp-derived THC edibles under the Jesse Ventura Farms brand. Ventura, a longtime advocate of legalizing marijuana, testified in favor of the adult-use cannabis bill at the Legislature and was with Gov. […]
All Minnesota public school students can access free mental health care
By Sheila Mulrooney Eldred | Sahan Journal This story comes to you from Sahan Journal through a partnership with MPR News. In 2000, few of Minnesota’s public school students had access to mental health therapy within the school building. Today, over half of students do. A new study, published in the Journal of Human Resources, quantifies how many lives […]
As state government rolls out legal cannabis, nonprofit works to prepare people to enter the market
CATHY WURZER: This coming Friday, the Office of Cannabis Management will hold the inaugural meeting of its cannabis advisory council. Now, the council was created as part of the new state cannabis law, and it will review policy and make recommendations to the state office. While that’s happening on the state level, there is a […]
Minneapolis at forefront of alternatives to policing, mental health crisis response
On a warmer-than-usual February night in Minneapolis, a nurse dialed 911 because one of her patients sounded disoriented or inebriated. The 911 dispatcher didn’t forward the welfare check to police like she would have done just a few years before, but sent it to the Minneapolis Behavioral Crisis Response team — otherwise known as BCR. […]
Minneapolis at forefront of alternatives to policing, mental health crisis response
On a warmer-than-usual February night in Minneapolis, a nurse dialed 911 because one of her patients sounded disoriented or inebriated. The 911 dispatcher didn’t forward the welfare check to police like she would have done just a few years before, but sent it to the Minneapolis Behavioral Crisis Response team — otherwise known as BCR. […]