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Why The EPA Wonโ€™t Get The Lead Out Of Our Water

From: The National Memo

โ€œPublic employees are pushing the EPA to rewrite its regulations which have helped enable crises like Flint, Mich., and now Newark, N.J. An estimated 15 million to 22 million people, or 5% to 7.5% of our nationโ€™s population, drink water delivered through lead pipes. โ€œEPA has known about this problem for years but has yet to lift a regulatory finger,โ€ said Kyla Bennett of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.โ€

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