...Weeks after a federal judge rejected their concerns over Jackson water, several community groups are now seeking an audience with the EPA.

On August 9, the Mississippi Poor People’s Campaign and the People’s Advocacy Institute filed a petition with EPA seeking emergency action to address the “imminent and substantial endangerment present in Jackson’s drinking water system.”

The groups are joined in the petition by the Natural Resources Defense Council, Forward Justice, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the ACLU of Mississippi Foundation...

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