Court rules residents of a US city don’t have a constitutional right to lead-free water

Mongabay
Sep 10, 2026, 4:38 pm113 ptsTrending
A U.S. federal court recently ruled that residents of Jackson, Mississippi, don’t have a constitutional right to truthful information from public officials, nor the right to municipal drinking water that is free of lead, a neurotoxin. “The Constitution does not provide redress for every governmental…

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