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When Sukky Bleck’s infant son was diagnosed last year with bilateral hydronephrosis, a condition preventing urine from draining from the kidney into the bladder, she started questioning herself. “Was it something I did? What did I do wrong? How can I fix it,” the 27-year-old Southeast Side resident said. Bleck said she soon became haunted by whether lead-contaminated drinking water might have .
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CHICAGO — In her basement on the South Side of Chicago, Crystal Vance beamed a flashlight on the water source for her home: a rusted and leaking lead pipe. Vance, 35, knows well the dangers of lead contamination. Her 5-year-old son tested for elevated levels of lead as a baby, something that still weighs on her conscience. “I felt like my body was poisoned,” she said. “And I was feeding my kid this poison.” Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times But getting rid of the lead pi
A string of unexpected impediments could delay the administration’s timeline on an issue that is central to its effort to address racial disparities.