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At least 2% of US public water systems are like Flint's – Americans just don't hear about them

  • Written by Laura Pangallozzi, Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Is your community's water tainted with lead? The data might not have been reported.ehrlif/shutterstock.com

More than five years after Flint’s water crisis first hit the news, the city has successfully lowered the lead levels in its water.

The most recently available testing, from the second half of 2018, puts the lead in Flint’s water at...

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