EPA staff slow to report health risks from lead-tainted Benton Harbor water, report states

7-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 35

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, according to a report released Thursday.

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