Lauren Villagran
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Lauren Villagran is a reporter for the Albuquerque Journal. She has written for the Christian Science Monitor and other publications. Previously, she worked for the Associated Press in New York. She holds a degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
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Before Flint, Before East Chicago, There Was Smeltertown
DispatchFlint, Indiana, Texas, NewarkLauren Villagran
After a 1970s CDC study showed that the mostly Mexican-American population of this Texas town had dangerously high blood lead levels, its buildings were demolished and its residents were booted.