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This Map Can Help You Find Out If Your Home Has Lead Pipes
HeatherBy Mariana Simões .
New York City has over 124,000 buildings with lead pipes, city data analyzed by the New York League of Conservation Voters shows. Here’s how you can look up your address.
The environmental group New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV) launched a map and a report Monday that uses city data to help New Yorkers find out if the pipes that carry drinking water into their homes are made of lead.
Continuous exposure to lead can cause hearing problems, lower IQ, difficulty in learning and hyperactivity. The substance can also slow a child’s development.
One in six New Yorkers, or an estimated 1.3 million people, could be drinking water that passed through a lead or possible lead pipe, the NYLCV’s new study finds.
