After the pusillanimous response from the sec of transportation, who didn't even pull a poor version of Obama drinking Flint water after that scandal, it's good to see other governments taking the threat seriously. Maybe the concentrations are dilute enough not to worry a few hundred miles downstream, but let's follow the science here before "boldly" declaring the water safe to drink.
An abundance of precaution seems warranted, to manage public sentiment if nothing else.
Yet again, local government succeeds where national government fails.