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Dont Detroits Schoolkids Deserve Water They Can Drink?

Detroit’s public school students are experiencing a health predicament and here’s the solution: They can’t drink the water. The water fountains are dry because drinking water has been shut off at all of Detroit’s 106 schools serving more than 40,000 students since officials discovered the water in 16 schools contained high levels of lead or []

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