Why Americas Schools are FAILING to Protect Kids from Lead Poisoning.
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Date: 2019-11-01
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Jos frost
i am still amazed by the fact, that u cannot drink from the tap. and have to buy water bottles for everything that uses water, things like food and water are mandatory, i live in the netherlands. statistics show that we are worldwide the best in the way we treat water, transport water, and hold off water, so just because we got water covered, we save alot of money, and deal less damage to nature, because buying water in bottles most of the time is just not worth it. we can drink tap water. water in my country in a 1 liter bottle cost us 5 cents, while in most other country's its way more expensive. sometimes up too, 5 dollars for just water, which is in my opinion insane, and not only drinking is your problem. taking a shower. pools, water for animals. agriculture, everything u want or need that uses water is basically a risk. my friend once say'd to me, america is the number 1 second world country. reasoning behind it. 1. guns 2. water 3. economics 4. crime 5. murder, 6. education level. 7. gap between rich and poor. 8. healthcare 9. this is just a fun fact but, (more people know about kim kardashian, then there own country, 10. GANGS & corruption. all this in the so called greatest country in the world, while all this is not present in my country, and we are one of the smallest country in the world. liked your video,
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i am still amazed by the fact, that u cannot drink from the tap. and have to buy water bottles for everything that uses water, things like food and water are mandatory, i live in the netherlands. statistics show that we are worldwide the best in the way we treat water, transport water, and hold off water, so just because we got water covered, we save alot of money, and deal less damage to nature, because buying water in bottles most of the time is just not worth it. we can drink tap water. water in my country in a 1 liter bottle cost us 5 cents, while in most other country's its way more expensive. sometimes up too, 5 dollars for just water, which is in my opinion insane, and not only drinking is your problem. taking a shower. pools, water for animals. agriculture, everything u want or need that uses water is basically a risk. my friend once say'd to me, america is the number 1 second world country. reasoning behind it. 1. guns 2. water 3. economics 4. crime 5. murder, 6. education level. 7. gap between rich and poor. 8. healthcare 9. this is just a fun fact but, (more people know about kim kardashian, then there own country, 10. GANGS & corruption. all this in the so called greatest country in the world, while all this is not present in my country, and we are one of the smallest country in the world. liked your video,
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Seldoon Nemar
one big problem is finding the lead. sure, if the utility company installed it, they have records, but a lot of service lines running into buildings are lead, a LOT of solder is lead-based, so even if your house has copper pipes inside, you're not safe. also, one reason why it comes in lumps as they described is not only the water itself, but also the pressure. there might be some sections with lead in them, but under some conditions, the water pressure is high, and it's contained away from the rest of the flow. but a change in condition changes that. A fire for example. as hydrants are used, pressure drops in the lines locally, but because everything is so interconnected, it'll re-distribute. now that lead pipe off of the main line has higher pressure than the local main feed, so the contaminated water is pushed back into the main line. even seasonal changes like if lawn sprinklers are being used or not can change that pressure dynamic
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one big problem is finding the lead. sure, if the utility company installed it, they have records, but a lot of service lines running into buildings are lead, a LOT of solder is lead-based, so even if your house has copper pipes inside, you're not safe. also, one reason why it comes in lumps as they described is not only the water itself, but also the pressure. there might be some sections with lead in them, but under some conditions, the water pressure is high, and it's contained away from the rest of the flow. but a change in condition changes that. A fire for example. as hydrants are used, pressure drops in the lines locally, but because everything is so interconnected, it'll re-distribute. now that lead pipe off of the main line has higher pressure than the local main feed, so the contaminated water is pushed back into the main line. even seasonal changes like if lawn sprinklers are being used or not can change that pressure dynamic
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Not Erik
Here in Alabama if you get an abortion we'll lock you up for life and throw away the key, even if you were raped by a member of your own family. After all it ain't the kids fault if his mamas his sister and that kid can be born and live a normal childhood like everyone else In fear o being killed by measles, lead poisoning and school shootings. After all nothing says normal childhood like the constant fear o death Aint nothin wrong with a bit o lead in the water neither My mama used to put lead in the water all the time until one day my pops (an by pops I mean both my daddy and my grandaddy cuz they was the same person) came over and wupped her for Trying to kill me even though mama only put that lead in the water so I could grow up big and strong like lead, which makes sense to me cuz leads pretty strong. Theres much worse things to be worryin about in life anyway, like chem trails left by cloud people turnin the birds gay.
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Here in Alabama if you get an abortion we'll lock you up for life and throw away the key, even if you were raped by a member of your own family. After all it ain't the kids fault if his mamas his sister and that kid can be born and live a normal childhood like everyone else In fear o being killed by measles, lead poisoning and school shootings. After all nothing says normal childhood like the constant fear o death Aint nothin wrong with a bit o lead in the water neither My mama used to put lead in the water all the time until one day my pops (an by pops I mean both my daddy and my grandaddy cuz they was the same person) came over and wupped her for Trying to kill me even though mama only put that lead in the water so I could grow up big and strong like lead, which makes sense to me cuz leads pretty strong. Theres much worse things to be worryin about in life anyway, like chem trails left by cloud people turnin the birds gay.
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Alyssa_w1998
I live and work in the Ithaca city school district, I was in high school when they found the lead and turned off the pipes and put in water towers in all the hallways for us to drink out of. Our superintendent has gotten awards for being cheap af and for all 3 years they had the lead and then 2 more years I worked in a elementary school in the district they were saying it was in all the pipes in the ground and that eventually they would have to go in during the summer and fix it and it was gunna cost a bunch of money. Then out of no where a test was done in the middle of last year and they said it wasnt in the pipes it was in the faucets and the water fountains and all they had to do was change those. I refuse to drink water at my school I bring in a water bottle every day I dont trust it.
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I live and work in the Ithaca city school district, I was in high school when they found the lead and turned off the pipes and put in water towers in all the hallways for us to drink out of. Our superintendent has gotten awards for being cheap af and for all 3 years they had the lead and then 2 more years I worked in a elementary school in the district they were saying it was in all the pipes in the ground and that eventually they would have to go in during the summer and fix it and it was gunna cost a bunch of money. Then out of no where a test was done in the middle of last year and they said it wasnt in the pipes it was in the faucets and the water fountains and all they had to do was change those. I refuse to drink water at my school I bring in a water bottle every day I dont trust it.
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CheeseCakeAlchemist
I have a medical condition, a rare form of Water based diabetes (100% nothing to do with sugar, the word Diabetes means to release, in this case for me its fluids and I'd dehydrate, possibly to death no matter how much I drank without my medicine) that as a child growing up in school, NO teacher or person of authority was allowed to tell me I could not get up to get a drink of water, go to the bathroom if need be, or request to go to the nurses office to take my medication for it. NO ONE. And those who did were HEAVILY scolded by my parents as well as my doctors. Now imagine, if I had been going to a school that suddenly was forced to turn all their drinking water off? My parents/doctors would of had to riot, and I would of no doubt been pulled from school. :
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I have a medical condition, a rare form of Water based diabetes (100% nothing to do with sugar, the word Diabetes means to release, in this case for me its fluids and I'd dehydrate, possibly to death no matter how much I drank without my medicine) that as a child growing up in school, NO teacher or person of authority was allowed to tell me I could not get up to get a drink of water, go to the bathroom if need be, or request to go to the nurses office to take my medication for it. NO ONE. And those who did were HEAVILY scolded by my parents as well as my doctors. Now imagine, if I had been going to a school that suddenly was forced to turn all their drinking water off? My parents/doctors would of had to riot, and I would of no doubt been pulled from school. :
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MoonFairy929
I lost my aunt due to complications exacerbated by lead poisoning in Flint. Crushed my mom. They were besties. So thanks for covering this story. It makes me so sad that this problem isnt being taken seriously everywhere. Our infrastructure is getting old everywhere. This is what happens when it begins to fail. Without making drastic change and cooperating long enough to have reasonable forethought, the consequences of these issues will continue to spread and lead people to early death. Bridges will be next. One of the main bridges in the Bay Area is quietly crumbling. Its stopped traffic multiple times and there isnt really a plan for a new bridge. Even if there were, those dont go up in a day. Thing is, its one of the main three bridges that connect the area. So.
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I lost my aunt due to complications exacerbated by lead poisoning in Flint. Crushed my mom. They were besties. So thanks for covering this story. It makes me so sad that this problem isnt being taken seriously everywhere. Our infrastructure is getting old everywhere. This is what happens when it begins to fail. Without making drastic change and cooperating long enough to have reasonable forethought, the consequences of these issues will continue to spread and lead people to early death. Bridges will be next. One of the main bridges in the Bay Area is quietly crumbling. Its stopped traffic multiple times and there isnt really a plan for a new bridge. Even if there were, those dont go up in a day. Thing is, its one of the main three bridges that connect the area. So.
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Caitlin
Lead paint is also still a huge issue in low income housing. ContraPoints tells the story of a man who grew up in a baltimore home with lead paint. How he and his sister both got settlements from the state because the state failed to enforce the laws that required landlords to remove the lead paint. That these people have severe developmental issues that lead to lower income, crime, and violence. Then these sharks come in and tell this man and his sister that, instead of getting a yearly check of their settlement which is worth around 500, 000, they are tricked into getting a lump sum of cash around 25, 000. Its crazy out there, ya'll.
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Lead paint is also still a huge issue in low income housing. ContraPoints tells the story of a man who grew up in a baltimore home with lead paint. How he and his sister both got settlements from the state because the state failed to enforce the laws that required landlords to remove the lead paint. That these people have severe developmental issues that lead to lower income, crime, and violence. Then these sharks come in and tell this man and his sister that, instead of getting a yearly check of their settlement which is worth around 500, 000, they are tricked into getting a lump sum of cash around 25, 000. Its crazy out there, ya'll.
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Angry Lolii
Screw you phil, How dare you make this video without even mentioning our people, This is affecting the water of Native American communities. Even though the level of contamination is far higher and persisted longer than the crisis in Flint, there was barely a peep from the mainstream media. AND YOUR HELPING keep the media Blackout on Native Americans. Since the 1950s, waste from active and inactive uranium mines has seeped into the Navajo Nations water supplies, which has led to increased rates of cancer, genetic defects, Navajo neurohepatopathy, and increases in mortality.
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Screw you phil, How dare you make this video without even mentioning our people, This is affecting the water of Native American communities. Even though the level of contamination is far higher and persisted longer than the crisis in Flint, there was barely a peep from the mainstream media. AND YOUR HELPING keep the media Blackout on Native Americans. Since the 1950s, waste from active and inactive uranium mines has seeped into the Navajo Nations water supplies, which has led to increased rates of cancer, genetic defects, Navajo neurohepatopathy, and increases in mortality.
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jasminhook96
In 2016 rowan university had high levels of lead in the water. I think it was around 15 ppb. They would truck in water for some of the dorms. My dorm was brand new so they didn't give us water, we had those nifty water bottle fillers that had that were safe because they supposesly had filters. My RA noticed that they actually did not put any filters in them so everyone was drinking lead water. He told his boss and eventually got an email from the president that it would be fixed and thanking him for his help. My RA said he wqs told he needed to be quiet about it though.
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In 2016 rowan university had high levels of lead in the water. I think it was around 15 ppb. They would truck in water for some of the dorms. My dorm was brand new so they didn't give us water, we had those nifty water bottle fillers that had that were safe because they supposesly had filters. My RA noticed that they actually did not put any filters in them so everyone was drinking lead water. He told his boss and eventually got an email from the president that it would be fixed and thanking him for his help. My RA said he wqs told he needed to be quiet about it though.
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