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We’re starting off the week in the largest city of New Jersey. A place where 14,000 households are now being offered bottled water because what’s coming out of their taps might have been contaminated with lead. This is a heavy metal. Exposure over time has been linked to heart and kidney problems, high blood pressure, and irreversible brain damage to children which makes it particularly dangerous for them and pregnant mothers.

我们将从新泽西州最大的城市开始。现在这里有14000户家庭提供瓶装水,因为他们的水龙头流出的水可能已经被铅污染了。这是一种重金属。长时间的接触会导致心脏和肾脏问题、高血压,以及对儿童造成不可逆转的脑损伤,这对儿童和孕妇尤其危险。

Doctors say lead is unsafe in drinking water at any level though the U.S. government allows small amounts of it before requiring action to be taken.

医生们表示,尽管美国政府要求采取行动之前允许少量的铅存在,但在饮用水中铅的含量在一定水平都是不安全的。

Earlier this year in the tap water of part of Newark, New Jersey, lead levels were found to be more than five times the government’s limit. An environmental advocacy group said the lead levels here are among the highest in the United States.

今年早些时候,在新泽西州纽瓦克市部分地区的自来水中,发现铅含量超过了政府标准的五倍。一个环保组织表示,这里的铅含量是美国最高的。

City and state officials say they’re taking steps to address the problem but residents of Newark say for years, their leaders have denied there was one. The city has two water treatment plants. It says the water that leaves those plants is lead free and that the pipes that transport it are too.

市和州政府官员表示,他们正在采取措施解决这一问题,但纽瓦克居民表示,多年来,他们的领导人一直否认存在这样的问题。这个城市有两个水处理厂。报告说,这些植物叶子上的水是无铅的,输送这些水的管道也是无铅的。

But Newark says lead can get into the water when it goes through the service pipes that connect water mains to homes. The city says those are owned by individual property owners and the long term solution is to replace the service pipes. That would come at a cost of about $1,000 or less per homeowner.

但是纽瓦克市表示,当铅通过连接家庭水管的服务管道进入水中时,就进入水中。市政府表示,这些管道由个人业主所有,长远的解决方案是更换服务管道。每个房主大约花费1000美元。

In the short term, the city’s been giving tens of thousands of lead safe water filters to those who are affected but some tests have shown that the water still has higher lead levels than the government allows.

短期内,该市已经向那些受影响的人提供了数万个铅安全滤水器,但一些测试显示,水中的铅含量仍然高于政府允许的水平。

Legal action has been taken against Newark and while all this plays out in New Jersey, the effects are still rippling from a water crisis in Flint, Michigan years after it was acknowledged.

纽瓦克市已经采取了法律行动,虽然这一切都发生在新泽西州,但密歇根州弗林特市的水危机在多年后,其影响仍存在。

We’re starting off the week in the largest city of New Jersey. A place where 14,000 households are now being offered bottled water because what’s coming out of their taps might have been contaminated with lead. This is a heavy metal. Exposure over time has been linked to heart and kidney problems, high blood pressure, and irreversible brain damage to children which makes it particularly dangerous for them and pregnant mothers.

Doctors say lead is unsafe in drinking water at any level though the U.S. government allows small amounts of it before requiring action to be taken.

Earlier this year in the tap water of part of Newark, New Jersey, lead levels were found to be more than five times the government’s limit. An environmental advocacy group said the lead levels here are among the highest in the United States. City and state officials say they’re taking steps to address the problem but residents of Newark say for years, their leaders have denied there was one. The city has two water treatment plants. It says the water that leaves those plants is lead free and that the pipes that transport it are too.

But Newark says lead can get into the water when it goes through the service pipes that connect water mains to homes. The city says those are owned by individual property owners and the long term solution is to replace the service pipes. That would come at a cost of about $1,000 or less per homeowner. In the short term, the city’s been giving tens of thousands of lead safe water filters to those who are affected but some tests have shown that the water still has higher lead levels than the government allows. Legal action has been taken against Newark and while all this plays out in New Jersey, the effects are still rippling from a water crisis in Flint, Michigan years after it was acknowledged.

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