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Durbin, Duckworth, Krishnamoorthi Lead Illinois Colleagues In Inquiry To Federal Agencies On Potential Risks Of Toxic Lead-Sheathed Telecommunications Cables

Press Release

Date: Sept. 14, 2023
Location: Washington, D.C.
Issues: Technology and Communication Health and Health Care

"In Illinois, the persistent presence of lead is a public health disaster that has plagued our communities fordecades. According to samples collected from our state's 1,768 water utilities, more than eight of every ten Illinoisan lives in a community where toxic metal is found in the tap water… The discovery of these lead cables as another potential source of lead exposure may help explain the persistently high rates throughout our state."


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