On Dec. 20, 2022, a collaborative research team led by NJIT researchers received a $778,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, or NJDEP. This grant was part of a wider allocation...
With more than 17,000 of approximately 19,000 lead service lines already having been replaced to combat the exposure of lead to Newark residents drawing from the city’s water...
Everything you need to know about the lead water crisis in Newark
What is the city of Newark doing about the Lead Crisis?
The city expressed its deep concern with the contamination...
A Gallup poll indicated the number one and two environmental issues causing a “great deal of concern” among Americans are the pollution of drinking water and the pollution of rivers, lakes and reservoirs,...
At the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ, rising concerns over the safety of their water have students asking what is being done to help prevent lead poisoning from occurring at their school....
Last March, Newark made nationwide headlines when elevated levels of lead were found in the water of several public and charter schools. Prompted by this discovery, the NJIT Environmental Health and Safety...
According to the lead testing report available on the New Jersey Institute of Technology's water testing website, locations at NJIT that exceed the maximum accepted level of 15 ug/L or 15 ppb of lead in...
A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they'd be asked the "half empty or half full" question. Instead, with...
