Niara Savage

The lead industry characterized lead poisoning as a problem of poor people and minorities to protect its sales during the 20th century.

Dicen los investigadores que incluso una pequeña cantidad de la toxina puede dañar el desarrollo de los niños. Un estudio realizado en el año 2021 encontró que los niños en Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska y Missouri tenían una de las tasas más altas de los niveles elevados de plomo en la sangre.

Researchers say even a small amount of the toxin can harm kids’ development. One 2021 study found Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri had some of the highest rates of elevated blood lead levels in children.

Health officials say there is no safe level for exposure among children.

People in St. Louis are weighing the risks and benefits of going back into the gym during the coronavirus pandemic.

Bus riders in St. Louis are facing more cancellations and longer wait times as bus operators leave Metro Transit.

St. Louis gym owners say the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus is keeping potential new members at home at the start of the new year.

Officials at St. Louis Lambert International Airport are considering a plan that would build a new, single terminal to replace the airport’s two existing ones. Lambert officials are expected to submit the plan to the Federal Aviation Administration this year.

St. Louis venues and promoters are canceling New Year’s Eve concerts and parties as coronavirus cases climb in the city.

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources plans to convert an out-of-service 144-mile rail path into a walking and biking trail. Missouri Central Railroad, a subsidiary of Ameren, donated the property to the state via a process known as “railbanking."

St. Louis attorneys and activists say judges are often denying defendants bond entirely after the Missouri Supreme Court in 2019 made it harder for courts to detain people on cash bail pretrial. “It’s a classic case of the system recalibrating and in some ways achieving many of the same results,” said Blake Strode, executive director of civil rights law firm ArchCity Defenders.

St. Louis County prosecutors have charged a 30-year-old man in the shootings at two MetroBus drivers late last week.