Posts Tagged ‘Flint’

Flint, Washington, D.C. and toxic lead in water causing brain damage in children

March 6, 2016

The Flint, Michigan lead in water crisis is in the spotlight now at the Democratic debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

Here are a couple of articles about the lead crisis in water in Washington, D.C. and how the CDC lied to the public, while the D.C. government didn’t help the situation by botching the partial replacement of lead pipes with copper.

Lead causes brain damage and developmental disabilities, and fetuses, infants and developing children are especially affected.

http://www.examiner.com/article/congress-cdc-misled-public-about-washington-d-c-lead-water-crisis-lead-was-toxic-for-some

http://www.examiner.com/article/cdc-15-000-washington-d-c-homes-may-have-dangerous-levels-of-lead-water

Lead, toxic, water, CDC, Washington, EPA, Congress, plumbing, pipes, copper, fetuses, infants, children.

Flint, Michigan lead in water crisis: other articles

January 20, 2016

Flint, Michigan, outside of Detroit, is having a serious crisis about lead in water, which is catastrophically toxic to fetuses, infants, and developing children. It can cause serious brain damage for them – and is merely very unhealthy for everyone else.

Here are a couple of articles about lead in water – about how the Centers for Disease Control lied to the public about lead in water in D.C., and about how even a few years ago there may have been lead in D.C. water.

http://www.examiner.com/article/congress-cdc-misled-public-about-washington-d-c-lead-water-crisis-lead-was-toxic-for-some

http://www.examiner.com/article/cdc-15-000-washington-d-c-homes-may-have-dangerous-levels-of-lead-water