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Why Is There (Still) So Much Lead In the City's Water?

Why Is There (Still) So Much Lead In the City's Water?

City Cast Chicago

September 26, 202217m 11s

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Show Notes

Between 2016 and 2021, Chicago tested 24,000 homes for lead levels in the water. According to a recent Guardian report, 1 in 20 homes exceeded federal limits. However, the city has never done a full analysis of the data and fewer than 200 of Chicago’s 400,000 lead pipes have been removed under Mayor Lori Lightfoot. So we have to ask: Are officials taking this problem seriously? Host Jacoby Cochran talks with freelance journalist Taylor Moore, who co-reported the story. 


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