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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Gloria Oladipo

Toxic arsenic levels make tap water unsafe for thousands in New York City

Residents of Jacob Riis Houses were at water stations in Manhattan on 4 September 2022.
Residents of Jacob Riis Houses were at water stations in Manhattan on 4 September 2022. Photograph: Theodore Parisienne/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service/Getty Images

Dangerous levels of arsenic were found in a New York City Public Housing Authority (NYCHA) complex, leaving thousands of affected residents without safe tap water.

The crisis plays out as people in the predominantly Black city of Jackson, Mississippi, have gone without clean drinking water for more than a month, with residents using bottled water for everyday needs like cooking and brushing teeth.

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