New Orleans’ Lead Crisis Exposes Government Failures and Threatens Public Health
With lead detected in nearly 70% of tested homes, New Orleans faces a public health emergency worsened by bureaucratic delays and costly failures to replace toxic pipes. How long will officials risk American lives for red tape?
Every day, hardworking Americans deserve safe drinking water, yet in New Orleans—a city with a proud heritage and resilient people—7 out of 10 homes are poisoned by lead-contaminated tap water. Despite longstanding knowledge of corroding lead pipes and clear dangers to children and adults alike, decades of government mismanagement have left residents exposed to a neurotoxin that irreversibly harms brain development and threatens adult health. How Did America’s Fourth-Largest City Allow This Toxic Legacy to Persist? Katherine Prevost’s story is emblematic of the failure to protect citizens. A lifelong resident who rebuilt her home plumbing after Hurricane Katrina, she still...
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