New test results show that the amount of lead in Benton Harbor, Michigan’s drinking water has declined. The latest round of water sampling marks the first time in three years that the majority Black city’s lead levels did not exceed Michigan's standards.
, but picking it up can be time consuming and tasks like cooking can quickly use up personal supplies. Homebound residents can ask for deliveries.
Oswald said preliminary results indicate that when filters are installed correctly, they are working properly. Taylor Gillespie, an EPA spokesperson, said filters often aren’t installed properly in part because residents haven’t been shown how. She said data won’t be available until February. Benton Harbor’s recent water system tests reveal 15 parts per billion of lead; any more and it would exceed Michigan standards. Testing from earlier in the year produced levels of 24 ppb.The highest site sampled had 48 ppb of lead. Testing from earlier in the year produced a few results in the 100s of ppb.Michigan passed the nation’s tightest requirements for reducing lead in drinking water, implementing new testing standards and timelines for lead pipe replacement.
The Democratic governor in November ordered a review of the state’s drinking water rules with the aim of reducing lead levels further. Also, the EPACyndi Roper, a senior policy advocate with the environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council, said the state should continue providing free bottled water until lead service line replacement is finished and all water quality concerns are addressed.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Long Island police official picked as 1st woman to lead NYPD | AP NewsNEW YORK (AP) — A Long Island police official will be New York City’s next police commissioner, the first woman to lead the nation’s largest police force. Mayor-Elect Eric Adams told the New York Post on Tuesday that his choice, Nassau County Police Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell, “is a proven crime fighter with the experience and emotional intelligence to deliver both the safety New Yorkers need and the justice they deserve.”
Read more »
Texts show top Trump defenders' private alarm on Jan. 6 | AP NewsWASHINGTON (AP) — As a mob overran the U.S. Capitol last January, some of Donald Trump's highest-profile defenders in the media — and even his own son — sent urgent text messages to the White House chief of staff urging him to get the then-president to do more to stop the violence.
Read more »
Tornado victims include granddad who 'stole the show' | AP NewsA grandfather who “stole the show” when he was around his grandchildren. A 2-month-old whose family tried to protect her by putting her in a car seat. A 94-year-old Korean War veteran. These were among at least 88 people killed during tornadoes on Friday.
Read more »
State details of AP's review of potential voter fraud cases | AP NewsAn AP review of six battleground states found fewer than 475 cases of potential voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, a number so small it would have had no effect on the results. Here are the details of AP's review in each of those states:
Read more »
Far too little vote fraud to tip election to Trump, AP finds | AP NewsATLANTA (AP) — An Associated Press review of every potential case of voter fraud in the six battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump has found fewer than 475 — a number that would have made no difference in the 2020 presidential election.
Read more »
The AP Interview: Karzai 'invited' Taliban to stop chaos | AP NewsKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban didn't take the Afghan capital — they were invited, says the man who issued the invitation. In an Associated Press interview, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai offered some of the first insights into the secret and sudden departure of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani — and how he came to invite the Taliban into the city “to protect the population so that the country, the city doesn’t fall into chaos and the unwanted elements who would probably loot the country, loot shops.”
Read more »