Advocates say Chicago is replacing lead pipes at a ‘glacial’ pace
The city is well behind the stated goals of Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Though Mayor Lightfoot boasted that she was the first mayor to address the lead water pipe crisis, the replacement process is behind schedule. Advocates say this leaves residents vulnerable to brain-damaging lead in the water supply and that filters should be provided as the process continues.
Reset learns more about lead pipes in Chicago.
GUESTS: Brett Chase, reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, Angela Guyadeen, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Safe Water Initiative Brenda Santoyo, senior policy analyst for the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
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Advocates say Chicago is replacing lead pipes at a ‘glacial’ pace
The city is well behind the stated goals of Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Though Mayor Lightfoot boasted that she was the first mayor to address the lead water pipe crisis, the replacement process is behind schedule. Advocates say this leaves residents vulnerable to brain-damaging lead in the water supply and that filters should be provided as the process continues.
Reset learns more about lead pipes in Chicago.
GUESTS: Brett Chase, reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, Angela Guyadeen, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Safe Water Initiative Brenda Santoyo, senior policy analyst for the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization