A dry water fountain is shown at Gardner Elementary School in Detroit, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. Some 50,000 Detroit public school students will start the school year Tuesday by drinking water from coolers, not fountains, after the discovery of elevated levels of lead or copper — the latest setback in a state already dealing with the consequences of contaminated tap water in Flint and other communities. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Paul Sancya
Illinois leads the nation in the number of lead service lines, yet it received a smaller share of federal funding to replace those lead pipes than states like Florida and Texas. That funding is based on the number of lead lined pipes a city reports to the EPA.
Reset learns more on why the number of toxic lead pipes reported may be inaccurate.
GUEST: Michael Hawthorne, environment and public health reporter for the Chicago Tribune
