NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s largest school district has shut off water fountains at 30 school buildings because of elevated levels of lead.
Newark Public Schools on Wednesday temporarily shut off the fountains where elevated levels of lead were recorded.
The state Environmental Protection Department says parents should have no concerns about their children’s water and food consumption at school. The DEP says drinking water alone is not typically associated with elevated blood lead levels. Alternate supplies of water have been brought in for drinking and food preparation.
The district on Monday notified the DEP that annual testing found levels ranging from non-detect to above the EPA’s action level for lead, which is 15 parts per billion.
The DEP has confirmed lead has not been found in the city’s water supply.
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If anybody thinks Flint is just an isolated incident, this story will come as a shock. Anybody paying attention will realize Flint is just an extreme and obvious manifestation of a giant infrastructure problem facing America. It will take trillions to bring our aging water pipes up to minimally safe levels.
Yes sirree. Tip of the iceberg.
Welcome to Christ Christie’s NJ…I think he’s been palling around with Rick Snyder at those Governor’s conferences a little too much when he’s not spending time as Donald tRump’s personal footstool and bouncer.
Yep. I seem to remember that Dems had to scream about how important infrastructure was…every single time a budget was being contemplated.
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But we had the funds cut by the usual suspects in Congress, and they wouldn’t let anything of that nature continue for the remainder of President Obama’s Presidency. These assholes couldn’t even pass a non-controversial and always non-partisan highway bill like they had always done in the past before this President.
Nice going Pukes…you built that…or should I say more accurately…No you didn’t…you allowed what was built to crumple and decay without giving a flying fuck or good gosh-damn.
One expert says 44% of America’s water lines are in poor shape or have exceeded their planned live span. Over a trillion is estimated to bring the pipe up to safe levels. Of course, up tell now most of the water line problems have had to do with water flowing out of bad pipes, but we have been lucky.