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Fixing America's crumbling physical – and human – infrastructure: 3 essential reads

  • Written by Bryan Keogh, Senior Editor, Economy + Business
imageLead in pipes can contaminate the water supply, resulting in poisoning. AP Photo/Julio Cortez

Forget about “infrastructure week” – it’s infrastructure summer.

Or that seems to be the ambition of President Joe Biden as he barnstorms the country in hopes of selling the US$579 billion bipartisan infrastructure deal he signed...

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