JD
Master Member
Well, no - anytime a water supply to a major American city, it can't be "blown out of proportion." Especially seeing that fertility rates have dropped and fetal deaths have risen substantially. That's actually quite horrifying.Newp!
We did get ours tested and it was fine. Actually that whole thing was blown WAAAY out of proportion by the media. Only roughtly 30% of the city residences were even tested...and out of those, less than 3% were found to be above safe levels.
40% of Flint homes were affected because they have lead pipes (actually as they dig to replace service lines, they are finding more). When this all happened, Flint was operating without any corrosion control in the water system - which means all lead pipes were affected and could have had a release of lead. One home had water that was considered toxic waste.
Water testing was based on the standardized testing (90th percentile) - and it showed that water in Flint had lead levels above 20 pbb (10 ppb being the WHO safety threshold). Thankfully, lead levels have dropped to 4 pbb. But, as removal of existing lead pipes continues - it is possible that more lead could be released into the water supply.
Water testing was based on the standardized testing (90th percentile) - and it showed that water in Flint had lead levels above 20 pbb (10 ppb being the WHO safety threshold). Thankfully, lead levels have dropped to 4 pbb. But, as removal of existing lead pipes continues - it is possible that more lead could be released into the water supply.
I know if if was my home and my water we would continue to test frequently.
Apologies for taking things off course.