https://www.businessinsider.com/newark-distributes-bottled-water-lead-crisis-2019-8
New Jersey’s largest city is distributing bottled water — another sign that its water crisis may be mirroring Flint
https://www.businessinsider.com/newark-distributes-bottled-water-lead-crisis-2019-8
New Jersey’s largest city is distributing bottled water — another sign that its water crisis may be mirroring Flint
https://www.businessinsider.com/newark-distributes-bottled-water-lead-crisis-2019-8
- Newark, New Jersey, a city just outside Manhattan, has some of the highest levels of lead in drinking water in the country.
- For the last two years, routine tests have shown elevated levels of lead in drinking water from the city's Pequannock service line, which contains corroding lead pipes.
- On Friday, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warned residents that water filters distributed by the city "may not be reliably effective" at removing lead.
- Two days later, Newark announced it would begin offering free bottled water at four local centers.
