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Poison Pipes

Poison Pipes

FromIn Deep


Poison Pipes

FromIn Deep

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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Aug 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Clean water can get contaminated on its way to your faucet. In America, more than 9 million lead service lines connect city water to individual homes (and apartments), leaving millions of people vulnerable to potentially harmful doses of lead. Retired EPA scientist — and Flint whistleblower — Miguel Del Toral shows us lead pipes unearthed from his property in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood and explains why they're no longer considered safe. And we talk to a Milwaukee father, who stumbled upon this lesson with his young son.
→ Read APM Reports’ investigation → Read Del Toral’s memorandum on Flint

Guests:

Miguel Del Toral, EPA scientist (retired)
Rick Rabin, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health
Tory Lowe, Milwaukee activist (and father of four)
Karen Baehler, scholar-in-residence at American University School of Public Affairs



Photo: Lauren Rosenthal | APM Reports
Released:
Aug 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (15)

In Deep is a podcast about water, climate and environment from The Water Main at American Public Media. In Season 1, we tackled the strangely fascinating yet troubling world of clean water -- from tap to toilet. Season 2 shines a light on environmental equity with a rich journalistic portrait of a working-class city and its residents at a perilous moment in our planet's existence.