The problem of lead content in U.S. drinking water extends beyond Flint. For examples: LAUSD and Los Angeles, CA see http://achieve.lausd.net/Page/3450 and http://achieve.lausd.net/cms/lib08/CA01000043/Centricity/domain/135/pdf%20files/LeadAdvisory.pdf (This testing would tend to imply that all LADWP customers should have the same concerns.) Washington, DC see http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5312a6.htm Newark, NJ see http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/water-ban-30-jersey-schools-lead-fears-37520400 Sebring, OH see http://www.planetizen.com/node/83433/excessive-lead-drinking-water-spread-ohio Stockton, CA (maybe) see http://legacy.abc10.com/story/news/local/stockton/2016/01/21/erin-brockovich-weighs-recent-stockton-water-controversy/79146864/…

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A recent story in City Journal suggests that Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell accurately observes that local environmental activists in California are opposing hydraulic fracturing based more on emotion than reason. More needs to be known about the full lifespan of water related to hydraulic fracturing and its impact upon groundwater before decisions to allow…

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The West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion is an example of hazardous infrastructure built too close to residential areas.  Consideration should be given to having the risk management plans (RMPs) for industrial facilities and other commercial enterprises conducted by regulatory agencies (or their agents) rather than by the agents of these facilities’ owners.  Within the red…

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