On Sunday, The Register-Mail will begin a four-part series on lead exposure in Knox County. Knox County has the third-highest percentage of lead levels among children in the state. And the problem didn’t just pop up. Five years ago, one in five Knox County kids had potentially damaging amounts of lead in their bodies.The Associated Press brought the issue to light a year ago with its reporting of that the city's water tests exceeded federally recommended levels of lead in 22 of [...]
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