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Elissa Slotkin: “One home, the home of Leanne Walters, showed a test reading…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Senator Slotkin Speaks on the Senate Floor on Flint Water Crisis

Published | Video Starts at 05:43

They paid for it with Melissa's tax refund. The accepted limit on lead for drinking water is 15 parts per billion. One home, the home of Leanne Walters, showed a test reading 104 parts per billion. Leanne tested her water again a few weeks later. This time, it jumped to 400 parts per billion. (05:43–05:49)

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Asserts that a home in Flint had a lead level of 104 parts per billion.

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