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All day Tuesday: Lead in the water coverage on 7 Action News

Posted at 8:20 AM, Oct 22, 2019
and last updated 2019-10-22 11:37:03-04

(WXYZ) — All day long on Tuesday, we're helping keep you safe and alerting you to issues about the possibility of lead in the water.

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More and more these days, we're seeing reports of lead in water in cities across metro Detroit. We have coverage throughout the day on Channel 7 and WXYZ.com on how you can spot lead, how you can keep yourself safe, and more.

Plus, we'll have a Facebook Live wtih Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, the pediatrician who discovered the lead problems in Flint, and Elin Betanzo, the founder of Safe Water Engineering LLC, a consulting firm working to improve access to safe drinking water through engineering and policy consulting.

Here's our entire coverage below.

5 a.m. – Options at home if you're worried about lead in water
6 a.m. – Lead in our water: What's happening in our schools?
12 p.m. – Facebook Live panel with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Elin Betanzo
5 p.m. – Lead in our water: City by city
5 p.m. – Reducing the effects of lead poisoning
6 p.m. – Why more communities will soon discover issues with lead
11 p.m. – When you should worry about lead in your water