EXCLUSIVE: Is your drinking water safe?
An Asbury Park Press analysis of state water testing data shows that at least one sample from four out of five public water systems contained lead between 2013 and 2015. closes the leakage of water(Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto)Story HighlightsOne in six systems had at least one sample above EPA Safe Drinking Water Act standard of 15 parts per billion (ppb).More than 28% of public systems yielded at least one sample above 10 ppb, a lower threshold that WHO favors.If you lower the bar ..>> view originalMinimum wage hike: Newark workers will make $15 an hour by ...
NEWARK — Residents and officials cheered when Newark Mayor Ras Baraka announced Wednesday morning that he would ensure a $15 minimum wage by 2018 for all full- and part-time city employees. The mayor made his statement at a press conference during which he and four other politicians representing urban areas spoke out in support of a minimum wage increase. Baraka, who previously asked Port Authority to raise its minimum wage for airport workers, did not immediately know how many city workers m..>> view originalCan N.J. prison force-feed a hunger-striking inmate? Court could ...
William Lecuyer is looking frail and gaunt lately. With a pallid complexion, sunken eyes and a staccato heartbeat, doctors and lawyers say they worry the 37-year-old inmate is close to death. He has been there before. Locked in an intractable battle with the state Department of Corrections over housing issues and claims of civil rights abuses, Lecuyer hasn't eaten solid food since July, his lawyer said. It's his second lengthy hunger strike in five years. Prison doctors have raised the alarm ..>> view originalNewark to test 17000 kids for lead poisoning
Associated Press 10:28 a.m. EDT March 16, 2016.(Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto)NEWARK - Newark will test 17,000 children for lead poisoning after elevated levels of the toxin were found in the drinking water at nearly half of the schools in New Jersey’s biggest city.City Health Director Hanaa Hamdi told officials Tuesday that testing will start with some 2,000 toddlers who attend early childhood centers, NJ.com reported. A specific date hasn’t been set yet.SEE ALSO>>1,000 tested, c..>> view originalDrunk driver seriously injured pregnant woman, Kenilworth cops say
File photo KENILWORTH รข€” A drunk driver sent a six-months-pregnant woman to the hospital with serious injuries Sunday, borough police said. Two vehicles crashed around 3 p.m. at Galloping Hill Road and Washington Avenue, Det. Michael Scanielo said. Both drivers went to UMDNJ Hospital in Newark with injuries, he said. Police charged Union resident Kaelin Infante, 20, with driving while intoxicated and assault by auto. They later released her, pending a court hearing. Officers got a search..>> view original
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