Sentences with phrase «of lead in water»

«Whether or not you're at risk because of lead in water has to do with how long your water has run before you drink from a faucet,» she says.

Patch article on BP Adams penning a joint letter with his fellow borough presidents to demand action on high levels of lead in the water of some city schools.

In one Flint neighborhood with especially high amounts of lead in the water, the proportion of kids with lead poisoning had tripled from 5 percent to almost 16 percent.

Flint's former mayor and the city's former emergency manager testified that they were not aware of lead in the water until January 2015.

«Chicago has had a long history of lead in water problems,» says Edwards.

Billed as a hearing on statewide water quality and contamination, the daylong hearing did briefly touch on issues of lead in the water of New York City's schools and a similar tainted - water problem in Newburgh, in the Hudson Valley.

Parents of children in Lackawanna city schools received a letter yesterday informing them of elevated levels of lead in water from multiple schools.

Following the discovery of high levels of lead in the water in Newark's schools, New York City is unveiling a website where parents can track the results of lead testing in its schools.

Drinking Lead «There is no subject of more importance, especially in cities possessing the inestimable blessing of waterworks, than the corrosion of lead in water pipes.

Edwards also provided examples of public agencies and state and local governments hiding incidents of high levels of lead in water without accountability across the United States, creating a false sense of security amongst people in cities.

Addressing the audience in the aftermath of the discovery of high levels of lead in the water system of Flint, Michigan, Edwards framed his presentation in terms of water infrastructure inequality in the United States, including lack of access to both adequate quantities of water and to water of safe quality.

Aside from academics, there also have been controversies involving the school system's handling of its food - service contract and, more recently, over the testing of lead in water at city schools.

According to the SDWA, up to 10 percent of homes in an area can have any amount of lead in the water.

«It's our young people that are most susceptible to significant neurological damage because of lead in the water, and that's where we need to be focusing first, and going with public schools first is going to be the widest swath I think we can cut initially here.»

The New York City Housing Authority found elevated levels of lead in the water of some of its apartments after it conducted a random survey earlier this month, the agency's chief said.

The New York City Housing Authority found elevated levels of lead in the water of some of its apartments after it conducted a random survey earlier this month, the agency's chief said Monday.

The recent EPA study found that in 12 of 13 homes where there had been construction or a disturbance in the water line between 2005 and 2011, there were dangerously high levels of lead in the water.

and (2) I immediately get physicals and any other tests done to evaluate my current health and research what future problems could arise from the high levels of lead in the water that has been ingested over the years.

Matt Yglesias noted that while many government intervention programs have an inconclusive track record, science has shown beyond a doubt that reducing the level of lead in our water will improve well - being.