Newark's water crisis headed full Flint

Slate -The Environmental Protection Agency ordered Newark to give its residents bottled water after the city discovered that water filters it distributed last year may not be working. Such filters helped Flint, Michigan, temporarily handle its lead-contamination crisis, which attracted widespread attention....  In March 2016, Newark shut down drinking water in 30 public schools after annual testing found elevated levels of lead....From July to December last year, more than 100 of 240 sampled homes surpassed the federal standard.