The LegCo panel on housing rejected a motion today to investigate lead contamination in the water supply of public housing estates by a margin of 11 to 8, reports HKFP.
Of the 22 members of the panel, 11 pro-establishment lawmakers voted against the motion, as opposed to eight votes for the motion from pan-democrats.
Three pan-democrats were absent from the vote day, however.
Despite the fact that politicians from both sides criticised the way the government has handled the situation, the panel voted down the motion that would have set up an investigative committee to look into the contamination.
The vote comes on the heels of high levels of lead being found in the water supplies of multiple housing estates across the city.
Yesterday, it was reported that 40 individuals from the affected housing estates tested positive for elevated levels of lead in their blood. Twenty-seven are children, and 13 are mothers who breastfeed.
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