Concerns of lead crisis grow, as multiple cities in the U.S. deal with elevated levels

Newark, New Jersey, resident picking up bottled water.
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Newark, New Jersey, stole headlines earlier this month when the city began distributing bottled water to residents due to elevated levels of lead in its drinking water, but a Bloomberg Environment analysis found that 10 other cities — including Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — are dealing with similar situations.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.