What’s Needed Most For Safe Drinking Water? Foresight.
Laura Siminoff, Dean of the College of Public Health and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Public Health, says legislators must think broadly about water infrastructure.
It’s encouraging to me that even in an era of partisanship, political leaders are still capable of reaching across the aisle to address critical public health issues.
That was made clear last month, when the Senate voted 95-3 to pass a bill that would dedicate $270 million for water infrastructure repairs in cities like Flint, Michigan, where residents are still filtering dangerous levels of lead from their home...