Bronx School Lead Levels SIXTEEN TIMES Higher Than FLINT

IN 2016 LEAD LEVELS IN FLINT MICHIGAN MADE HEADLINES.
THE FACT THAT THE WATER WAS SO UNSAFE WAS SOMETHING THAT
OUTRAGED PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND IT TOOK A VERY
LONG TIME FOR ANY ACTION TO BE TAKEN AND STILL TODAY,
FLINT MICHIGAN DEALS WITH LEAD ISSUES AND THEIR WATER.
IF YOU THOUGHT THE SITUATION WAS BAD INFLUENCE, CONSIDER THE
FACT THAT RECENT STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT LEAD LEVELS IN
BRONX SCHOOLS ARE ACTUALLY 16 TIMES HIGHER.
LET'S GIVE YOU THE DETAILS ON THAT.
IT IS PS 41 NIS 158.
THEY WERE BOTH FOUND TO HAVE LEVELS OF LEAD HIGHER THAN
THE EPA'S ACTION LEVEL THRESHOLD OF 15
PPB ACCORDING TO LETTERS THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SENT OUT TO FAMILIES AND STAFF AT THE SCHOOLS.
JUST A QUICK NOTE, ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THESE SCHOOLS
IS THE PIPES ARE SO OLD AND THE WATER IN THOSE PIPES IN SOME
CASES IS STAGNANT AND SOME OF THE FOUNTAIN OR THE WATER HAS
BEEN USED IN A WHILE, THE AMOUNT OF LEAD IN THE WATER
INITIALLY WILL BE EXTERNALLY HIGH.
THIS IS MORE OF AN INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUE AS
OPPOSED TO THE QUALITY OF THE WATER, ACTUALLY, THE
QUALITY OF WATER IN NEW YORK IS INSANELY GOOD.
IT IS ACTUALLY VERY SAFE AND VERY CLEAN, IT'S ONE OF THE
FEW PLACES IN THE COUNTRY THAT YOU CAN JUST DRINK FROM THE
SINK AND IT TASTE GREAT.
ARE YOU NOT SUPPOSED TO THAN OTHER PARTS?
I WOULDN'T DO IN LA.
REALLY?
I'M KIDDING, HAVE A FILTER.
BUT MY DOG.
GIVE YOUR DOG FILTERED WATER.
LEAD LEVELS IN THE WATER PS 41
WERE PARTICULARLY HIGH WITH FIVE FAUCETS TESTING ABOVE 100 PPB.
AGAIN, THE THRESHOLD OF BASED ON THE EPA IS 15 PPB, ONCE YOU
GO OVER THAT, THAT IS WHEN IT IS CONSIDERED ACTION LEVEL.
IN THIS CASE, WE HAD A FAUCET TESTING ABOVE 100
PPB, SO THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
A COLD WATER FAUCET IN A FIT FOR BATHROOM FOR ADULTS TESTED
442 PPB.
AT LEAST AS FOR ADULTS.
IT'S INSANE.
AS THEY SAY, A LOT OF THIS CAN DEPEND ON WHAT TEMPERATURE
IT IS OUTSIDE WHEN YOU TESTED AND WHAT TIME YOU TEST IT.
AS YOU SAID, HOW OFTEN HE HAS BEEN RUN, BUT IT THAT ISN'T
OKAY AS THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO.
IF IT'S THE PERFECTLY BAD TEMPERATURE AND TIME, SO I KNOW
WE HAVE OTHER NUMBERS AND WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF STORIES LIKE
THIS AND SO WE'VE SENT PEOPLE OUT TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY TO DO THE TESTS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT ON
ONE LEVEL, WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT ANYMORE.
WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE THE STORIES THAT WE HAVE A
NATIONAL SITE CRISIS AND WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE DATA.
WE NEED MASSIVE FUNDING TO GO IN AND RIP OUT THE PIPES FROM
HOUSES AND SCHOOLS AND ALSO SOME OTHER BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY AND IT MIGHT COST TENS OR HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BUT THAT IS THE PRICE YOU PAID OR NOT
POISON YOUR CHILDREN FOR THE REST OF TIME.
I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULD PUT ONE MORE DOLLAR INTO BUILDING A
BORDER WALL OR BOMBING THE MIDDLE EAST IS YOUNG LONG
AS OUR KIDS ARE BEING FORCED TO DRINK POISON WATER WHILE WE
ARE DOING AT THAT
WAS TALK ABOUT THAT IN CONTEXT OF ALL THE DIFFERENT
POLICIES AND EXECUTIVE ACTIONS THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS TAKEN.
DONALD TRUMP HAS SOME UPSIDES TO HIS POLICY IDEAS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES IS THAT HE WANTS TO INVEST IN
AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
THEORETICALLY.
BRIGHT.
WHEN HE FIRST SAID THAT WAS ONE OF HIS CONCERNS AND HE WANTED TO
FOCUS ON IT, I WAS WORRIED THAT HE WOULD PRIVATE HIRE PRIVATE
COMPANIES TO DO AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TOLL ROADS EVERYWHERE
AND IT WOULD BE A COMPLAINT NIGHT MERE PRIVATIZING OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE BUT BASED ON REPORTS I HAVE READ, THAT
IS NOT NECESSARILY THE ROUTE THAT HE IS GOING TO TAKE.
IT MIGHT BE PRIVATELY DONE BUT PUBLICLY FUNDED SO IT WILL
STILL BE A PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM WHICH IS GOOD.
I AM A LITTLE WORRIED BECAUSE IN THAT PLAN, HE CONSIDERS THE
BORDER WALL PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
HERE'S THE THING, RIGHT NOW MORE UNDOCUMENTED MEXICAN
IMMIGRANTS ARE LEAVING THE COUNTRY THAN COMING INTO
THE RESEARCH HAS STUDIED THIS.
THEY HAVE THE LATEST DATA ON IT WHICH I BELIEVE IS FROM 2013.
THAT IS THE MOST UPDATED DATA THAT THEY HAVE BUT
NONETHELESS, RIGHT NOW LEGAL INFORMATION IMMIGRATION
FROM MEXICO IS NOT A HUGE PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY TO
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS A HUGE PROBLEM IN DONALD TRUMP
TALKS ABOUT HOW HE WANTS TO KEEP AMERICANS SAFE.
THAT IS A VERY LOFTY HIS VERY LOFTY GOAL.
THE WAY YOU KEEP AMERICANS SAFE, PARTICULARLY OUR CHILDREN
IS ENSURING THAT THEIR DRINKING CLEAN WATER AND IT IS NOT
FULL OF LEAD BECAUSE OF OLD INFRASTRUCTURE CRUMBLING
INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR JERKING
WATER DOESN'T GET TAINTED BY OIL AND GAS COMPANIES.
THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY RISK EVERY
SINGLE DAY BUT DO NOTHING ABOUT AND UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T THINK
HE EMPHASIZES THAT ENOUGH WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHAT HE MEANS WHEN HE SAYS IT COULD BE SOMETHING VERY
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU THINK HE MEANS.
THAT IS DEPRESSING.
THE PROOF IN THE PUDDING WILL BE IN THE TASTING OF THE
FUNDING WHEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT DOUBLE ANY OF IT GO TOWARD
GETTING RID OF LEAD?
MAYBE.
I'M SURE IF IT PROFITS THE RIGHT INDUSTRY WOULD BE WILLING
TO DO THAT BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE'VE NOW GONE MULTIPLE
WEEKS FOR HE HAS SIGNED LOTS OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND SO FAR
NOTHING, SO AT LEAST IN TERMS OF HIS PRIORITY OTHER THAN THE
BORDER WALL HE DOESN'T SEEM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN
THIS OR BRIDGES OR ROADS OR TUNNELS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
ON A FEDERAL LEVEL, IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT TRUMPS
REACTION WILL BE HER WHAT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WILL DO
BUT AT LEAST ON A LOCAL LEVEL, WE HAVE A CANCEL MEN NAMED
ANDY KING WHO HAS DECIDED TO ALLOCATE $400,000
TOWARD CHANGING THE PIPES IN THESE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS.
MY GUESS IS THIS IS A MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AND IT WILL
PROBABLY TAKE MORE FUNDING TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE KIDS IN NEW
YORK HAVE CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND BY THE WAY, OF COURSE, THIS
IS AN ISSUE THAT IS LIKELY TO BE MORE PREVALENT IN LOW INCOME
PARTS OF NEW YORK BUT TEST ALSO INDICATED THAT SOME SCHOOLS
IN LOWER MANHATTAN WHICH IS NOT KNOWN AS A POOR AREA ALSO
HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD IN THE DRINKING WATER.
SO THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT AFFECTS EVERYONE AND WE
NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT IMMEDIATELY.

Bronx School Lead Levels SIXTEEN TIMES Higher Than FLINT

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