DETROIT — Local, state and federal officials late Friday afternoon said that recent water testing in the city of Flint found more than two-dozen samples exceeded the lead levels that can be effectively treated by filters handed out to residents.
Dr. Nicole Lurie of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said the lead level in some Flint locations has exceeded 150 parts per billion, which is the level for which water filters are graded. In one case, it was in the thousands. She said people with levels over 150 parts per billion were being notified and their water being retested.
“We aren’t completely sure” why the readings are so high, Lurie said.
The level were found in 26 samples of more than 4,000 collected.
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7 comments:
"“We aren’t completely sure” why the readings are so high, Lurie said."
You just haven't found the source. Keep looking. Some factory(ies) buried or poured or drained a lot of lead and lead containing chemicals in your soil or in the soil nearby.
But who needs all those petty regulations and we have to get rid of the EPA.
Hasn;t Flint been run by Dems and unions pretty much since before the dawn of time? Seems like they are getting exactly what they deserve.
Local officials should take note. The officials are facing charges for not doing anything to prevent or address the issue before hand. Kind of sounds like our county councils inaction on CAFOs doesn't it? John Cannon would be well liked in the big house. And Matt Holloway wouldn't want to lose his pot farm would he?
Holloway's marijuana grow facility will be hydroponic. What he will do with the spent/stale nutrient solutions is a question that should be answered. Pouring those thousands of gallons down the drain into the sewer system every week probably isn't a good practice.
Remove the filters altogether and downsize.
All the chicken runoff is just as deadly, but we don't talk about that here, right?
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