Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Friday, December 16, 2016.
How Chicagoans have been “living with lead”—and what they can do it fight it
Lead is a dangerous toxin that has deeply affected generations of Chicagoans, even if they didn’t realize at the time. City Bureau and South Side Weekly‘s fascinating new series examines how lead has changed the lives of some Chicagoans, and what we can do to stop its harmful effects. “Lead is a cumulative toxin,” Patrick MacRoy, former head of the city’s lead program, told City Bureau. “You’re exposed to lead in a lot of different ways and you want to reduce all of those exposures.” [City Bureau]
