Keeping Track: Lead in the Water, Israel Visit Ban, and Greta Thunberg

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🗓️ 15 August 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Thousands of residents in Newark, NJ are grappling with a growing crisis over lead in drinking water. Officials are handing out bottled water instead - and trying to figure out how to fix the pipes. We’ll discuss why lead in drinking water has been a problem across the US, and what officials say should happen next. Then: Israel told Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib that they can’t come to the country. We’ll look at why, and how it might affect US-Israeli relations. Also on today’s show: a look back at the 1969 Woodstock music festival, and tracking Greta Thunberg as she sails across the Atlantic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Thursday, August 15th.
0:03.2	Welcome to Schim this.
0:04.6	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on why
0:08.5	they matter.
0:09.5	Today, we're diving into the growing lead crisis in Newark, New Jersey.
0:13.7	We'll connect the dots on why lead in the water is such a health problem and how officials
0:18.0	are responding.
0:19.0	Then, the Israeli government is barring two US members of Congress from entering the country.
0:24.0	We'll tell you why.
0:25.4	And finally, we say a holy to teen climate activists, Greta Tunberg.
0:30.2	We're here to make your evening smarter.
0:32.5	Let's Schim this.
0:39.2	The most complicated story today is about lead in drinking water.
0:43.4	If you thought America was past this after the Flint, Michigan scandal five years ago, think
0:47.6	again, lead is back in the news amid an ongoing water crisis in Newark, New Jersey, the largest
0:53.4	city in the state.
0:54.8	Thousands of people are being encouraged to drink bottled water instead of tap.
0:59.5	And officials in New Jersey are under fire for it.
1:02.7	We're going to take a look at why lead in water is such a health risk, what's been going
1:06.8	on in Newark specifically, and how officials are responding.
1:11.1	First things first, what is lead?
1:15.1	Lead is a kind of metal, a naturally occurring element found in the earth's crust.
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