• High Lead Levels found in all 41 Portland schools tested so far
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[QUOTE] PORTLAND, Ore. – Lead test results have now been made public for more than 70 school buildings by Portland Public Schools. The tests continue to show widespread lead issues in the water in the facilities. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE] The sink faucet in Room 237 at Grant High School had 57,600 parts per billion of lead to water. To put that in perspective, the•Washington Post•reports the highest level of lead found in Flint, Michigan was 13,000•ppb.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.kgw.com/mb/news/health/high-lead-levels-found-at-all-11-pps-buildings-tested-so-far/268102018[/url] Pretty sure I had a class in 237 come to think of it it's a science classroom and I would wash my hands in the sink. I had it right before lunch also.
this is what happens when you pick the lowest bidder when building your schools
KEEP PORTLAND LEAD FILLED
This explains Portland pretty well, actually. :v:
[QUOTE=Stroheim;50787691]KEEP PORTLAND LEAD FILLED[/QUOTE] sounds like a new trump pledge [editline]27th July 2016[/editline] "I love low intelligence people, here, have some lead so you stay low intelligence"
[QUOTE=silaz;50787661][url]http://www.kgw.com/mb/news/health/high-lead-levels-found-at-all-11-pps-buildings-tested-so-far/268102018[/url] Pretty sure I had a class in 237[/QUOTE] If you drank from it, did the water taste sweet? If so, you've probably been affected. I bet there'll be a large class action for this. Also I am deathly afraid of lead. I don't want to be stupid. :saddowns:
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;50787718]sounds like a new trump pledge[/QUOTE] sounds like someone thought this was another politics thread But seriously, at what point do we call a state of emergency on water pipes? I mean for fucks sake this is like the 3rd major city that's dealing with this.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;50787718]sounds like a new trump pledge [editline]27th July 2016[/editline] "I love low intelligence people, here, have some lead so you stay low intelligence"[/QUOTE] Don't we already have like, four active trump based bickering-arenas going on right now? Do we need to do it to every thread, even things far removed from it?
[QUOTE=ClarkWasHere;50787723]If you drank from it, did the water taste sweet? If so, you've probably been affected. I bet there'll be a large class action for this. Also I am deathly afraid of lead. I don't want to be stupid. :saddowns:[/QUOTE] Yeah, the water at my school all tasted like rust/ metal so I never drank from it, it was too gross.
[QUOTE=ClarkWasHere;50787723]If you drank from it, did the water taste sweet? If so, you've probably been affected. I bet there'll be a large class action for this. Also I am deathly afraid of lead. I don't want to be stupid. :saddowns:[/QUOTE] Stupid life is easy, honestly. You should come on over, it's not such a big deal once you lose the brain power to be upset about it.
So is this the scientific proof as to why hipsters exist?
[QUOTE=evilweazel;50787730]Don't we already have like, four active trump based bickering-arenas going on right now? Do we need to do it to every thread, even things far removed from it?[/QUOTE] Sorry. But this is a genuinely serious issue that's likely plaguing much of the US unfortunately so I genuinely don't have anything other than abject horror or an attempt at humor in reply to this because this is a horrible situation facing potentially millions of people.
Sounds like someone tried to put some lead in their pencils.
you'd think you could just have like 10 less tanks a month and spend that money on some sort of not poisoning american children fund
something seems off here in the units, the lead levels in flint were not 13200 ppb they were 13.2 ppb in reports and the EPA limit is 15 ppb for a sink to have 57000 ppb seems rediculous and implausable
[QUOTE=Sableye;50787897]something seems off here in the units, the lead levels in flint were not 13200 ppb they were 13.2 ppb in reports and the EPA limit is 15 ppb for a sink to have 57000 ppb seems rediculous and implausable[/QUOTE] do you mean parts per million
[QUOTE=silaz;50787948]do you mean parts per million[/QUOTE] I think that's the case. Seems odd they've given the number as ppb as I'm sure ppm is more common. 57ppm = 57000 ppb
[QUOTE=Doozle;50788004]I think that's the case. Seems odd they've given the number as ppb as I'm sure ppm is more common. 57ppm = 57000 ppb[/QUOTE] They will often use ppb for lead, as the tolerance is so low that it is measured in single/double digits in ppb. For instance in oregon the lead tolerance is 15 ppb, I'm pretty sure. Ppm is often used when referring to other, less serious contaminants such as copper.
wait wait wait So The US, having the government it has and the regulations it has, had the Flint problem and now THIS? What are the odds of high levels of lead being found in schools in Argentina, specially in the most industrial heavy zones? Holy fuck. I think I have to start writing some emails to some people asking questions.
[QUOTE=ClarkWasHere;50787723]If you drank from it, did the water taste sweet?QUOTE] I thought all the public water terminals I've ever used in my fine hometown were just, you know, filled with more minerals? Guess I'm fucked
[QUOTE=Dippeggs;50787862]Sounds like someone tried to put some lead in their pencils.[/QUOTE] this is the worst joke that i have seen in my 10 years on this internet website i think someone would have to come round to my house and do a queefing joke to actually top this
When was the infrastructure (water system, schools...) built ? They didn't use lead pipes like Romans did ?
[QUOTE=AntonioR;50789706]When was the infrastructure (water system, schools...) built ? They didn't use lead pipes like Romans did ?[/QUOTE] Lead pipes were built at least up to the 1930s and until 1980s lead was used for soldering the pipes, but those pipes are still in use. They're allegedly not very harmful since oxidation or calcification or whatever forms an insulating surface on the inside. That can also be aided by washing the pipes with particular chemicals. Doesn't seem to work well enough though.
where would society be without forcing kids to go to shitty education that also literally poison them someone needs to go to jail for this
[QUOTE=Talishmar;50789970]Lead pipes were built at least up to the 1930s and until 1980s lead was used for soldering the pipes, but those pipes are still in use. They're allegedly not very harmful since oxidation or calcification or whatever forms an insulating surface on the inside. That can also be aided by washing the pipes with particular chemicals. Doesn't seem to work well enough though.[/QUOTE] I had lead pipes in my house, but those were used for the waste water that goes to the sewer, not drinking water.
I can't wait to see how much lead is in the water in NJ.
One of my bestest bros teaches in Portland, she is going to fucking lose her shit over this.
[QUOTE=27X;50790419]One of my bestest bros teaches in Portland, she is going to fucking lose her shit over this.[/QUOTE] "No wonder the kids had a hard time learning."
Lead is a lot like asbestos in a way. It's only bad once it starts falling apart and gets into things. Hell half of the walls at my old high school are asbestos and as long as nobody breaks a hole through them they're fine. I remember a few years ago my friends and I were exploring a demolition site and found a piece of asbestos. The logical thing to do was to throw it around to each other and then drop it into the lake. :v:
Well that would explain a lot. For both the teachers and students.
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