Newark Water Crisis Worse Than Flint MI?

BY Anthony Marchei

What you need to know so far:

• Newark, New Jersey, has some of the highest levels of lead in drinking water in the country.
• For the last two years, tests have found elevated levels of lead in drinking water from the city's Pequannock service line, which has corroding lead pipes.
• This month, the city began offering free bottled water after the EPA found that even filters "may not be reliably effective" at removing lead from homes. some cases saw 15 PPB after the water filters. 
• The crisis has now surpassed the one in Flint, Michigan, which is considered one of the worst public-health disasters in US history.
• Lead Levels are up to 76 PPB (Parts Per Billion)!!!!!!!!  

 In December 2018, Newark hired a public-relations firm, Mercury Public Affairs, to help deliver information about contaminated water to residents. That same firm hired by the state of Michigan to deal with the Flint crisis. 

According to Business Insider, In mid-August, the EPA's regional administrator, Peter Lopez, expressed concern about drinking-water samples taken by the city at two residences on August 6. The samples showed lead levels exceeding 15 parts per billion, even though the homes had already installed filters.

"We are unable at this time to assure Newark residents that their heath is fully protected when drinking tap water filtered through these devices," Lopez wrote in a letter to Mayor Baraka.

Bottom line is simple folks. YOU CANNOT TRUST YOUR WATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!