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WanaBana has issued a voluntary recall of the pouches, which are sold at several retailers – including Amazon and Sam's Club – the FDA said​ in a recall alert Saturday.

About four decades ago, when the Environmental Protection Agency was first trying to figure out what to do about lead in drinking water, Ronnie Levin quantified its damage: Roughly 40 million people drank water with dangerous levels of lead, degrading the intelligence of thousands of kids. One co-worker, though, leaked Levin’s analysis to the press, igniting a public outcry that pressured the EPA to act. Now, the EPA is on the eve of strengthening them.

As part of Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, the Kane County Health Department is recommending children living in certain parts of the county have their blood tested for lead levels. Aurora has the largest number of children who are at an increased risk for lead exposure, mostly due to having housing that was built with lead plumbing and paint that has lead in it, health department officials said. ...

It’s part of a $50 billion federal program to strengthen the nation’s drinking water and wastewater systems.

It would be a nightmare for any city: A massive wedge of saltwater creeping up the Mississippi River, contaminating drinking water at treatment plants one-by-one and threatening the health of hundreds of thousands of residents.