As I write this column, I am recalling another incidence of lead in drinking water, this time in Benton Harbor, Michigan which, like Flint, is a poor community with a largely Black population.
Last September Michigan’s governor Gretchen Whitmer pledged to invest $200 million to replace all the lead water service lines in the state within 18 months — and bravo to her for that. It’s an ambitious goal, but the problem deserves the priority being given to it.
The question I have is this: Why do we read so much in the media about controlling PFAS when lead in drinking water from older homes’
