NEW YORK — (NEW YORK) -- Nearly 60 million Americans may not know they're drinking from toxic metal in present day, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
The U.S. currently holds approximately 9.2 lead service lines underground, according to a recent survey released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
"It created a public health benefit because we had clean water coming into our homes to take baths and wipe out waterborne disease – and that same water could sweep away our sewage," Marc Edwards, professor of engineering at Virginia Tech, told ABC News. "Around the 1920s, many cities required if you wanted to connect your house to the water main you had to use a lead pipe by law," Edwards said.
Lead is a tasteless, colorless and odorless chemical element that cannot be detected in the water. Health experts have determined there is 'no safe level of lead' in the human body. Children are often the most vulnerable as lead exposure can lead to anemia, brain damage, and among other issues in cognitive progress, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Edwards, who testified before Congress of the dangers of lead poisoning in Washington, D.C.
"I mean a lot of families are just trying to put food on the table. There's a lot of undocumented residences, undocumented residents in my neighborhood as well, so they don't want to like, bring the alarm on that situation," Ramirez said
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