all. it affects the development of the babies. karen, some of these folks are born with staggering disadvantages. that they have no chance in american society. i know a large part of your work is getting to an answer of this. we know lead levels in the city began to spike in 2017. the city at the beginning insisted it was a problem with 12 homes because of old lead lines, infrastructure and not widespread. not until a year later in 2018 after the gnarl natural resourc defense council sued. these are old lead pipes, garden
american society. so having established that, i know a large part of your work is getting to an answer to this. but what do we know so far about what did they know and when did they know it? we know that lead levs in the city began to spike in 2016. this is problem that s almost three years old. the city that the beginning insisted it was a problem with 12 homes because of old lead lines, old infrastructure, and it wasn t widespread. it wasn t until a year later in 2018 after the natural resources defense council sued that the city acknowledged that, yes, this is widespread problem. it s because we have 18,000 lead service lines in the city and these are these old lead pipes, kind of like garden hose size that connect waterlines to homes. and the lead in those pipes is flaking off and coming through the faucets. it took about a year for the city to acknowledge this is happening across one of our water treatment areas. nick, without running a chemistry class here because i
kind of like garden hose size that connect waterlines to homes. and the lead in those pipes is flaking off and coming through the faucets. it took about a year for the city to acknowledge this is happening across one of our water treatment areas. nick, without running a chemistry class here because i failed that anyway in high school, like flint when they change the formulation of the drinking water at the source, that can change how much lead to cairn s point sloughs off the lining of these pipes. there is an additive to put in drinking water that s safe to consume and bathe that will keep the lead at bay. is that what happened here? there s an anti-corrosive that prevents the lead from reaching into the water. and what happened in newark or one of the important theories is when they changed the acidity and dropped the ph level of the water, that kind of rendered the