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Researchers: Flint water improving, but stick with filters
Source: Associated Press
Researchers: Flint water improving, but stick with filters
By ED WHITE
Dec. 2, 2016 5:32 PM EST
DETROIT (AP) — Water in Flint, Michigan, continues to improve, researchers reported Friday after finding no detectable levels of lead in 57 percent of homes during another round of tests.
Marc Edwards of Virginia Tech, a scientist who revealed Flint's alarming lead levels in 2015, said the "public health crisis" is nearing an end, although he firmly urged residents to continue to use filters on kitchen faucets — perhaps for as long as it takes to replace the old steel lines that bring water into homes.
"It's very likely folks will never be told the water is safe as long as those lead pipes are there," Edwards said during a news conference at Virginia Tech that was streamed online.
Edwards, along with state and federal authorities, has repeatedly recommended filters or bottled water. Those continue to be distributed for free to Flint's roughly 100,000 residents.
Flint has a lead problem because it used water from the Flint River for 18 months without treating it to prevent pipe corrosion. As a result, the water caused lead to leach from old pipes and through home taps.
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By ED WHITE
Dec. 2, 2016 5:32 PM EST
DETROIT (AP) — Water in Flint, Michigan, continues to improve, researchers reported Friday after finding no detectable levels of lead in 57 percent of homes during another round of tests.
Marc Edwards of Virginia Tech, a scientist who revealed Flint's alarming lead levels in 2015, said the "public health crisis" is nearing an end, although he firmly urged residents to continue to use filters on kitchen faucets — perhaps for as long as it takes to replace the old steel lines that bring water into homes.
"It's very likely folks will never be told the water is safe as long as those lead pipes are there," Edwards said during a news conference at Virginia Tech that was streamed online.
Edwards, along with state and federal authorities, has repeatedly recommended filters or bottled water. Those continue to be distributed for free to Flint's roughly 100,000 residents.
Flint has a lead problem because it used water from the Flint River for 18 months without treating it to prevent pipe corrosion. As a result, the water caused lead to leach from old pipes and through home taps.
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Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/724026c8403c439cbdb9d566c4e96db4/researchers-flint-water-improving-stick-filters