Emails reveal state and federal authorities pushing city to reform as scrutiny intensified following a Guardian investigation revealing outdated methods
Emails obtained by the Guardian show how state environmental regulators were sharply critical of the Philadelphia water department’s (PWD) lead-in-water testing, after media reports questioned the water agency’s methods.
The emails reveal intense pressure on the city’s water department, from both state and federal authorities, to change its testing methods. The emails and formal letters show for the first time the regulatory push to change the PWD, a process that has largely been opaque, even as the state water department reformed some practices following media scrutiny.
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Source: Guardian Environment