People in Missouri and Kansas risk lead exposure from drinking water at greater rates than almost any other state, a new report found. The Natural Resources Defense Council released findings Thursday that as many as 12 million Americans may be receiving drinking water through lead pipes without realizing their water is contaminated. “There is no safe level of lead, which causes irreversible harm to people’s health, particularly for children,” a release announcing the report says. Missouri has the 6th most lead service lines, the pipes that carry water from water mains into residents’ homes, of any state in the U.S., putting it above the far more populous Texas. Only Illinois, Ohio, MIchigan, New York and New Jersey have more lead pipes than Missouri.
Source: The Iola Register
