“The April Kaiser Health Tracking Poll continues Kaiser Family Foundation tracking of perceptions of the safety of drinking water.
KEY FINDINGS:

• The majority of individuals living in the Midwest rate the job being done by their state to ensure the safety of the public drinking water as fair or poor.
• Women are less confident in government’s ability to ensure the safety of public services, including the public sewer system, the electricity system, and the water supply, than their male counterparts.
• The American public negatively rates the job being done by the federal government in protecting the safety of public drinking water and is more positive than negative on the job being done by their individual states.
• The terrorist attacks in Brussels and other conflicts involving ISIS and the 2016 presidential campaign are the top two stories capturing the attention of the American public this month.
• Americans are increasingly paying attention to news about the unsafe lead levels in Flint, Michigan’s water and the Zika virus outbreak.”