A new report has found elevated lead levels in tap water across Watts, a south Los Angeles community that has faced decades of environmental racism, including in the drinking water of multiple public housing developments.
Researchers working with the Better Watts Initiative, a community environmental group, tested tap water at sites across the neighbourhood, and found lead, a neurotoxic metal, at or above US government limits.
The elevated concentrations were most often found in housing developments that have been plagued for decades bResearchers relied on community leaders to recruit residents to participate in the study, collecting water samples from across homes and apartments in the area. Tap water samples from Nickerson Gardens – the largest public housing development in Los Angeles – had lead levels above the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) limit of 15 parts per billion (ppb). But even exposure to lower levels of lead can cause serious health issues, and the EPA is in the process of reviewing its standards.y toxic contamination from lead and other pollution.
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