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Michigan tells majority-Black city not to drink tap water amid lead crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/12/benton-harbor-michigan-lead-contaminated-water-plan

 

Richaed mckinnies 

Due to lead contamination, residents of a majority-Black city in Michigan have been urged by the state not to drink, bathe, or cook with tap water "out of an abundance of caution."Residents of Benton Harbor, Michigan, have been drinking lead-contaminated water for at least three years, despite little intervention from state and municipal officials, according to experts. The state announced this month that it will increase free water distribution in the city and restated its commitment to follow federal lead regulations. Activists say these are steps in the right direction, but more has to be done. They claim Benton Harbor's poor water quality is a symptom of environmental injustice and have been calling on the state to take action for years. In 2018, Benton Harbor's tap water was found to contain 22 parts per billion (ppb) of lead, significantly more than the government action limit of 15 ppb and even higher than adjacent Flint during its water crisis. There is no such thing as a safe level of lead exposure; the federal action level is a nationwide benchmark established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to identify which water systems must take action to reduce their lead levels. After three years of wondering whether the city's water was safe and organizing bottled water drives for the community, local activists applaud these steps.




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  1. BobOctober 19, 2021 at 1:06 PM

    Yes, federal standards I guess are good, some benchmark, but I'd feel better with no lead or arsenic in stuff I consume.
    bob

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