The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency was under scrutiny this past week when some state lawmakers claimed they knew of a lead leakage in one northeast Ohio village months ago.
Two state senators called on the director of the Ohio EPA to answer questions regarding a lead leakage into the water of Sebring, Ohio in August. The Ohio EPA says "a maximum of six homes" were affected by the lead exposure. State Senator Sherrod Brown tells us more needs to be done by state officials to protect families from this problem, especially those with children.
"If local governments and local communities and the state EPA and the governor and the legislature aren't doing their job to protect the local water supply, then feds need to come in with some stronger rules and enforce these rules, and make sure that local people or state people are keeping the water clean," Senator Brown (D-OH) said.
This comes at a time when Flint, Michigan remains under a state of emergency as officials try to rid the city's water system of lead.
