Lead was found in tap water samples from private homes and public housing units in Watts. L.A. Mayor Karen Bass calls for more testing.
On the heels of an environmental study that found lead-tainted water in public housing developments in Watts, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has called on the city's housing authority and largest water utility to conduct further testing for the potent neurotoxin.
takes residents’ concerns seriously and is prepared to take all appropriate steps as needed.' Yirk Turner, 55, lived in Jordan Downs with his mother and nine siblings in a five-bedroom unit from the 1970s to the mid-1980s. Although he never had concerns about his drinking water, he joined researchers as they went door to door collecting 250-milliliter containers of tap water.
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