EPA staff slow to report health risks from lead-tainted Benton Harbor water, report states
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Officials say health risks due to high lead levels in drinking water in a majority Black and impoverished Michigan city were not taken quickly to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency leadership. The EPA Office of Inspector General said in a report Thursday that staff monitoring the state’s response …
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Officials say health risks due to high lead levels in drinking water in a majority Black and impoverished Michigan city were not taken quickly to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency leadership. The EPA Office of Inspector General said in a report Thursday that staff monitoring the state’s response …
Environmental Protection Agency staff failed to adequately "elevate" health risks posed by Benton Harbor, Michigan's lead-tainted water supply, a report released Thursday found.
Staff that monitored the state's response failed to elevate the issue, despite it meeting several criteria that lead levels in the impoverished Michigan city were a substantial threat to health.
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