Drinking water in New York residential areas in New York, the content of arsenic in the residential area of the United States exceeded the standard, 400,000 people have suffered multiple violations for a long time

Housing area involved (Bloomberg Society)

Overseas Network, September 4th. According to Bloomberg News on the 4th, New York Mayor Adams' office said recently that drinking water in a public residential area in New York City showed that the arsenic content was exceeded. Make or drink directly.

On the evening of the 2nd, local time, Adams rushed to the public residential area (Jacob Riis Houses) in East Village, New York to explain the situation to residents. The community is operated by the New York City Housing Administration, with a total of more than 2,500 residents. A spokesman for the New York Mayor's Office said on the 3rd that the New York City Housing Administration received a report from the turbid water quality of the community and began testing in August. The preliminary test results received on September 2 showed that the arsenic content in water was higher than the United States than the United States. Drinking water standard.

Local residents queuing to lead bottles (the New York Post)

Public health experts in the United States said that if people consume arsenic in water, they may cause cancer and other diseases. The Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health Organization stipulated that the maximum content of arsenic in drinking water was 10 billionth.

On the day of arsenic content of drinking water involved in the community involved, the arsenic content exceeded the standard, and Williams, a public advocate in New York City, published an article that accused the "sad" conditions provided by the New York City Housing Administration to the public, and said that it "has been the worst in New York for a long time. The landlords "" (excessive arsenic content, etc.) have been exposed at all. "

Local residents queuing to lead bottles (the New York Post)

The residents living in the community also accused of complaining that they had not knew nothing about the arsenic content before and had been drinking water in the faucet. Some residents said, "Officials of the New York City Housing Authority know that it has been two weeks, but just came to tell us. They know that water has become brown, but nothing is done. See what we have experienced."

Bloomberg said that public housing buildings in New York City are distributed in five administrative districts, with a total of about 400,000 people live. These communities have been suffering from mold, lead paint, pests and heat sources for many years. In 2018, the federal government sued the New York City Housing Authority, accusing him of violating basic federal health and safety regulations, including protecting children from poisonous lead -containing paint. (Overseas Network/Wang Shanning)

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