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Falling Through the Cracks

Despite efforts to increase affordable housing, homelessness remains prevalent

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development counted nearly 7,000 people who experience homelessness in Minnesota. The reasons? A lack of affordable housing, employment and discrimination. Even for homeless people who work, the gap between living on the streets and living in a house is often insurmountable.

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Rachel Lieberman
February 20, 2019
A Medical Myth? HealthHousingInvestigative

A Medical Myth?

Investigating toxic home poisonings

Most of us give little thought to the potential health dangers that can lurk deep inside our homes. In late May, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed two new rules to limit one of the most prevalent and proven carcinogenic compounds in wood products. What negative health effects can formaldehyde in our home furnishings actually cause? Vicki Kunkel investigates.

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Vicki Kunkel
June 6, 2013
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