AUGUSTA — Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald said the poorest children in his city have enough obstacles to overcome in their lives and he hopes state lawmakers will work to make sure lead poisoning is no longer one of them. Testifying before the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee on Monday, Macdonald said he supports a […]
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Housing grants to help Lewiston clean more than lead
LEWISTON — A renewed set of federal grants could do a lot more than help reduce lead in downtown housing units, city officials said Tuesday. “We’ll be doing lead, we’ll be doing weatherization, we may be providing some block grant rehabilitation loan so that the entire house, the entire property, is looked at as a […]
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Rescuer says ‘solution is simple’ for preventing poisoned birds: Maine sportsmen can’t use lead bullets
FREEDOM — Diane Winn has three patients who are suffering from lead poisoning, and the prognosis for their survival is poor. The patients are a golden eagle, a bald eagle and a Canada goose that Winn is working hard to rehabilitate at the nonprofit Avian Haven in Freedom. Most of the problem with lead poisoning […]