Lead found in tap water of Los Angeles community after residents raised alarm for years

Exclusive: researchers tested water across Watts and found lead, after people struggled to draw attention to overarching neglect'

A new report has found elevated lead levels in tap water across Watts, a south Los Angeles community that has faced decades of environmental racism, including in the drinking water of multiple public housing developments.

Researchers working with the Better Watts Initiative, a community environmental group, tested tap water at sites across the neighbourhood, and found lead, a neurotoxic metal, at or above US government limits.