'Echoes of Flint' in Newark's Water Crisis

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

@BrianLehrer my friend teaches in #Newark. N he brings in his own water to class for him n students

— Louisajr (@Louisajr2) November 1, 2018

@NRDC's Erik Olson: They're not exactly the same, but there are echoes of Flint. You've got a situation where the city was not being straight with people. When the water gets to people's taps, bc the city is not properly treating it, lead leaches, just like in Flint.

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) November 1, 2018