News Briefs: Newark Mayor Says Comparisons to Flint Are 'Insulting'

Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka is fighting back against rhetoric claiming the city’s elevated lead and haloacetic acid levels are comparable to the Flint Water Crisis. While the National Resources Defense Council has sued the city over the lead levels, the mayor maintains that comparisons to Flint are inaccurate. “Our corrosion control inhibitor stopped working,” Baraka tells NJTV News. “We didn’t purposefully take it out of the water. So to make a comparison is not only disingenuous, to me, it’s almost insulting.” As far as the haloacetic acid levels go, the NRDC says the city needs to modernize