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Pastor calls the county’s water a “public health crisis” #shorts
60 Minutes· 2026-02-25 13:30
Nowhere is the failure of government more clear than in the county's water supply, which at times is not clear at all. Few trust that it's safe enough to drink, and angry residents have documented the black and brown that oozes from aging pipes and contamination left behind from the coal industry. West Virginia's governor recently set aside $8.3% million in federal funds to upgrade sewage and water lines in Mcdow.A drop in the bucket compared to what county and state officials say is still needed. >> This i ...
The impact of sugar | 60 Minutes Archive
60 Minutes· 2026-02-15 20:26
60 Minutes rewind. >> The chances are good that sugar is a bigger part of your daily diet than you may realize, which is why our story tonight is so important. New research coming out of some of America's most respected institutions is starting to find that sugar, the way many people are eating it today, is a toxin and could be a driving force behind some of this country's leading killers, including heart disease.As a result of these findings, an anti-sugar campaign has sprung up, led by Dr. . Robert Lustik ...
Healthcare in Hidden Communities: Why It’s Everyone’s Problem | Priyesh Patel | TEDxNHS
TEDx Talks· 2025-12-01 17:05
[applause] YOU BETTER WATCH OUT. The migrants are coming. They're coming in numbers, in waves. They're crossing borders, taking our jobs, flooding our systems. They're drowning our NHS. At least that's what we're told. What about the stories we're not told? Detail behind the news headlines and catchy slogans. It's easy to forget about the real people involved. It's even easier to push them out of sight and out of mind. But when we do this, they don't just disappear. My name is Dr.. Prih Patel. My last human ...
'We need to ban assault weapons': Minnesota Lt. Gov.
MSNBC· 2025-08-28 19:49
Joining us now, Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, Peggy Flan Flanigan. She's also running for US Senate. Uh, Lieutenant Governor, first of course, my sincerest condolences uh for the anguish that your community is experiencing today.Can you give us a sense of how the state is handling this tragedy. I mean, Ariel, first of all, thank you so much um for your uh your sympathies. Um Minnesota has been through it this summer.um this tragedy, the loss of uh the lives of two young people, an 8-year-old ...