Thousands of homes in Massachusetts still have lead water pipes, and many residents donât know
By David Abel Globe Staff,Updated April 29, 2021, 6:27 p.m.
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For much of the past three years, they lived in fear of their water.
After buying a home in Chelsea, Nathan Seavey and his wife learned their water pipes were lined with lead, and replacing them would cost thousands of dollars. Even though they had a newborn, they resigned themselves to live with it, filtering whatever they drank and relying on the cityâs assurances that their water was safe.
âMy wife was terrified, and there were a lot of tears,â said Seavey, 39, whose wife recently gave birth to another son. âWe had no idea when we bought, and it was really disappointing and frustrating to learn that there are still so many lead pipes.â
Five charts that show how Mass. is doing in the battle against the coronavirus
By Martin Finucane and Ryan Huddle Globe Staff,Updated April 29, 2021, 2:57 p.m.
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A vaccine dose being prepared last week at the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center vaccine clinic at the Prince Hall Grand Lodge in Dorchester.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
Coronavirus data released by the Department of Public Health continued to offer hope in the past week that the pandemic is loosening its deadly grip on Massachusetts, as the stateâs vaccination campaign raced to inject shots into peopleâs arms to protect them from the coronavirus and its variants.
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