Sentences with phrase «lead in drinking water problems»
Yanna Lambrinidou, a Washington, D.C., activist who helped uncover that city's lead in drinking water problems said the health department's position is «unethical and it is entirely unscientific.»
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And as this recent PBS News Hour report makes clear, lead in school drinking water is hardly a problem confined to Flint, Michigan.
In the latest episode of Investigative Postcast, environmental reporter Dan Telvock talks to Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards about the risks posed by lead in drinking water, and why it's a bigger problem than local governments want to acknowledgIn the latest episode of Investigative Postcast, environmental reporter Dan Telvock talks to Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards about the risks posed by lead in drinking water, and why it's a bigger problem than local governments want to acknowledgin drinking water, and why it's a bigger problem than local governments want to acknowledge.
Slaper's situation reflects ongoing problems with the way drinking water providers test for lead in tap water and how the Erie County Health Department downplays the risks.
Brown's new initiatives for lead in drinking water testing come one day after the Buffalo Common Council passed legislation aimed at addressing chipping and peeling lead paint hazards in rental units following two years of reporting by Investigative Post on Buffalo's serious lead poisoning problem.
He said testing drinking water for lead might make sense in the event county health inspectors fail to find any lead paint problems in the home.
Lake Erie has become increasingly susceptible to large blooms of toxin - producing cyanobacteria since 2002, potentially complicating efforts to rein in the problem in the wake of this year's Toledo drinking water crisis, according to a new study led by University of Michigan researchers.
«Arsenic contamination is one of the biggest problems in drinking water all over the world,» said Dr. Babur Mirza, a researcher at USU's Utah Water Research Lab and lead author on the swater all over the world,» said Dr. Babur Mirza, a researcher at USU's Utah Water Research Lab and lead author on the sWater Research Lab and lead author on the study.
Many cats also don't drink enough water, placing them in a constant state of partial dehydration, which may lead to a host of health problems later in life.
While cats who eat only dry food will generally drink more water, they still don't get enough moisture to support all their bodily functions and essentially live in a constant state of low level dehydration, which can lead to bladder and kidney problems.