NYC says the latest test samples of water at NYCHA's Jacob Riis Houses in the East Village did not detect arsenic. Still, they're asking residents not to drink or cook with the tap water out of an abundance of caution. LisaRoznerTV reports.
said one test run by the Department of Environmental Protection did not detect arsenic from the water source entering the building, but confirmed tests of Jacob Riis units found arsenic levels between 12 and 14 parts per billion.
"Parents didn't know and they was using the water to mix their babies' milk, powdered milk, taken baths, drinking, taking medication," tenant Bridget Tuck said."I'm kind of scared, you know, of how this is going to go in the future," 13-year-old Akeilles Esquilin said.
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