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What the history of blue baby syndrome tells us about today’s fight for clean water

What the history of blue baby syndrome tells us about today’s fight for clean water
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The baby girl had been born healthy. Eight pounds, eight ounces. Then came the vomiting and crying. She wasn’t gaining weight. Her parents took her to the hospital, and again a few days later for diarrhea. Each time, the doctors sent her home with a new formula mixture, first substituting skim mi...

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