'Echoes of Flint' in Newark's Water Crisis

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 1, 2018

Karen Yi, reporter for the Star-Ledger and NJ.com, discusses the responses to findings of elevated lead levels from pipes delivering Newark’s water and is joined by Erik D. Olson, Natural Resources Defense Council's senior director for their Health and Food, Healthy People & Thriving Communities program, whose organization is suing the city over the issue.

Resources mentioned on the show: 

-https://www.hbbf.org/

-https://www.nrdc.org/newark-drinking-water-crisis

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