> Huỳnh’s estimates are based on lead detected in water samples drawn from homes. It’s part of a free, voluntary testing program that the city of Chicago offers residents, but fewer than 10% of households have tested their water. “We [also] found that the people who took those tests are more likely to be in white neighborhoods, wealthier neighborhoods and also neighborhoods that are less likely to have lead in the first place,” Huỳnh says.
I don’t get that. Just have some city officials test water wherever they think it’s a problem? There’s no need for people to join a program for that. This is data concerning public health and safety so knock on the door and take a fucking sample
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>They estimate that about 1 in 5 children who live in homes with lead-contaminated tap water drink it as their primary source — likely leading to high levels of lead in their blood.
I find it hard to parse what this means, and hard to believe that only 1/5 children who live in homes with lead water mains drink tap water from their own homes
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> Huỳnh’s estimates are based on lead detected in water samples drawn from homes. It’s part of a free, voluntary testing program that the city of Chicago offers residents, but fewer than 10% of households have tested their water. “We [also] found that the people who took those tests are more likely to be in white neighborhoods, wealthier neighborhoods and also neighborhoods that are less likely to have lead in the first place,” Huỳnh says.
I don’t get that. Just have some city officials test water wherever they think it’s a problem? There’s no need for people to join a program for that. This is data concerning public health and safety so knock on the door and take a fucking sample
>They estimate that about 1 in 5 children who live in homes with lead-contaminated tap water drink it as their primary source — likely leading to high levels of lead in their blood.
I find it hard to parse what this means, and hard to believe that only 1/5 children who live in homes with lead water mains drink tap water from their own homes