Chemistry
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Impact on Residents
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100

The metal that leached into the Newark water due to corrosion

What is lead?

100

The lead pipes were replaced by these 

What are copper pipes?

100

The people most endangered by lead poisoning

Who are children and pregnant women?

100

The month and year in which the Newark Water Crisis started 

When is March of 2016?

100

The approximate population of Newark 

What is 270,000?
200

The cause of Newark's sodium silicate failing, and the reason behind it

What is lowering the pH of the water to get rid of carcinogens?

200

These were handed out but were generally ineffective

What are water filters?

200

The activist group Anthony Diaz took part in

Newark Water Coalition

200

The year in which the water crisis approximately ended 

When is 2019?

200

The approximate number of people affected by the water crisis

What is 200,000?

300

The reason orhtophsophate is not immediately effective for corrosion control

What is the mineral crust taking months to build up enough to properly prevent leaching?

300

The misleading statement made by Mayor Ras Baraka to Newark residents

What is claiming that the Newark water was safe to drink?

300

The main danger of lead in children

What is neurological damage?

300

The year in which Newark switched to using orthophosphate against corrosion

When is 2019?

300

The number of Newark public schools with lead found in their water in 2016

What is over 30?

400

The ways sodium silicate prevents corrosion in pipes

What is forming a thin layer around the pipes and slightly raising the pH of the water?

400

The ex-convict appointed by Mayor Baraka as the director of the water department did not have this

What is a college degree?

400

Newark residents lost faith in this due to the crisis response

What is the government's ability to provide safe resources?

400

The year in which the Newark government began handing out water bottles

When was 2019?

400

The percentage of children in Newark with elevated lead levels in 2017

What is 13%

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