Benton Harbor`s lead pipe issues reminiscent of Flint
(Chicago Tribune Religion News)

For decades the low-income, majority Black community of Benton Harbor — less than two hours away from Chicago on the southeastern shore of Lake Michigan — has been ravaged by a litany of woes shared with many other once-thriving American cities. Now the water isn`t safe to drink, either. A top state official acknowledged last month that residents should drink and cook with bottled water, three years after testing required under a then new Michigan law revealed high levels of brain-damaging lead in tap water.