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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsExperts: DC Water Crisis worse than Flint
http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/dc/experts-dc-water-crisis-worse-than-flint/252587545Probably not worse per capita, but in terms of actual number of kids harmed...
More children were harmed in D.C. by lead in their water than Flint.
Forty-two thousand children had lead poisoning back in the early 2000's and we are still dealing with high levels of lead.
Elevated levels were just found in four libraries: MLK, Southwest, Georgetown and Lamond-Riggs Library.
Lead in D.C. water is pervasive, said Paul Schwartz, Director of DC Water Alliance. The news is enough to make any parent concerned. And even a Brita filter wont remove the lead that experts say is leaking into ALL of our tap water. Everywhere theres a lead pipe coming from a big pipe in the street to your home or whether you have pipes and plumbing in your home that means you have a lead problem, Schwartz explained.
Forty-two thousand children had lead poisoning back in the early 2000's and we are still dealing with high levels of lead.
Elevated levels were just found in four libraries: MLK, Southwest, Georgetown and Lamond-Riggs Library.
Lead in D.C. water is pervasive, said Paul Schwartz, Director of DC Water Alliance. The news is enough to make any parent concerned. And even a Brita filter wont remove the lead that experts say is leaking into ALL of our tap water. Everywhere theres a lead pipe coming from a big pipe in the street to your home or whether you have pipes and plumbing in your home that means you have a lead problem, Schwartz explained.
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Experts: DC Water Crisis worse than Flint (Original Post)
Recursion
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elleng
(130,147 posts)1. Bad news, Recursion.
I recall a similar issue when we lived there. Local pipes may have been refitted.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)2. I remember something about Walter Reed being the problem?
They dumped an absurd amount of ammo from WWII there and it leeched into the groundwater, or something?
elleng
(130,147 posts)3. I don't remember that but
we lived very near Walter Reed, so might have been problem when we were there, 1980s.
MousePlayingDaffodil
(748 posts)4. Drinking water in Washington, D.C. . . .
. . . is taken from the Potomac River. I don't think that disposed ammunition at Walter Reed, even in large amounts -- and assuming that even happened -- is going to have any effect. Lead in drinking water is typically the result of corroded lead pipes.
elleng
(130,147 posts)5. Concern I recall was re: corroded pipes,
as you said.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)6. It's taken from the Potomac and stored in a reservoir near Walter Reed (nt)