High DC Water Lead Levels

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Anchor intro: A RECENTLY RELEASED STUDY REVEALED THAT THE CITY'S 23 THOUSAND LEAD SERVICE LINES ARE CONTAMINIATING THOUSANDS OF RESIDENT'S DRINKING WATER. DENA GUDAITIS REPORTS...

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Nat SOT Full up/VO: DC RESIDENT, CATHERINE COONEY IS WAITING TO FIND OUT WHETHER HER TAP WATER IS TAINTED WITH LEAD.

Catherine Cooney SOT (:05): "I have absolutely no trust in the tap water in the town where I live."

AS A MOTHER OF TWO, COONEY IS CONCERNED FOR HER CHILDREN'S HEALTH BECAUSE STUDIES PROVE LEAD POISONING DAMAGES THE BRAIN, KIDNEYS AND OTHER ORGANS IN THE BODY.

SHE NOW TAKES PRECAUTIONS BY DRINKING AND COOKING WITH BOTTLED WATER RUN THROUGH A FILTER. COONEY IS TAKING THE PRECAUTIONS LEAD EXPERTS ADVISE.

Dr. James Girard SOT (:15): "Any parent has the responsibility to protect their children are protected from the insult of lead so they have the ability to perform the rest of their lives in an intellectual way."

Out cue: WASA NOW WARNS PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN NOT TO DRINK THE TAP WATER.

INSTEAD, THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO BUY BOTTLED WATER.

DENA GUDAITIS IN NORTHWEST WASHINGTON.