City Water Declared Safe When It Wasnt
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City Water Declared Safe When It Wasn't: 05 Petersburgh Virginia 2016 lead levels above Flint levels found state slow to notify residents
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In June 2016, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) detected lead levels in Petersburgh, Virginia’s drinking water at 484 parts per billion (ppb)—m…
City Water Declared Safe When It Wasn't: 04 Hoosick Falls New York 2016 PFAS contamination from Saint-Gobain plant state told residents water wa
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In October 2014, the New York State Department of Health tested Hoosick Falls’ water for PFOA—a chemical linked to cancer, thyroid disease, and devel…
City Water Declared Safe When It Wasn't: 03 Hinkley California 1952-1966 Pacific Gas Electric dumped chromium 6 told residents water was safe Er
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1965, Pacific Gas & Electric’s internal laboratory tests found chromium-6 concentrations in Hinkley’s groundwater at 1,300 parts per billion—2…
City Water Declared Safe When It Wasn't: 02 Newark New Jersey 2019 EPA and city told residents water was safe filters distributed when it wasnt
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In June 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Newark, New Jersey’s city government distributed 40,000 water filters to residents, …
City Water Declared Safe When It Wasn't: 01 Flint Michigan 2014 lead levels 26 times EPA limit state officials told residents water was safe for
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In October 2014, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) told Flint residents their water was safe to drink—while internal emails sho…