Weeks, months, and finally years passed. Lead flowed freely and in heavy amounts in all four quadrants of the District, from Georgetown and Spring Valley to the farthest reaches of Georgia Avenue and Anacostia. It affected infants, children, and adults; rich, poor, and gentrified; working, middle, and upper class; white and black. Both WASA and the EPA knew, and did nothing. In January 2004 The Washington Post published its first story, reporting on the elevated water-lead levels uncovered by Edwards. At this point, not even the D.C. mayor and council members had been told. In response, WASA
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