To: Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney General
DOJ: Prosecute public health officials responsible for "cheating" on lead tests
Communities across the country are drinking lead-tainted water because public health officials knowingly "cheated" on lead tests of public water. Public health officials who authorized or allowed water testing "cheats" on lead tests in drinking water must be prosecuted for poisoning our children.
Why is this important?
News recently broke that schoolchildren in Portland, Oregon, have been drinking water in their public school buildings that's contaminated with lead. And at least 33 U.S. cities have used water testing "cheats" when faced with lead concerns.
That's right. Across America, we're knowingly poisoning our kids.
After the lead crisis in Flint made national headlines last year, the Michigan Attorney General brought criminal charges against three state and local administrators. We now know deceptive practices like this are happening all over the country—and the people responsible must be held responsible.
Lead is a neurotoxin—the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say there is no acceptable level of exposure to lead in young children and pregnant women. By cheating on these tests, public health officials have knowingly endangered the health of the children in our communities.
This is not just a local issue, it’s a national crisis and we need federal action.
That's right. Across America, we're knowingly poisoning our kids.
After the lead crisis in Flint made national headlines last year, the Michigan Attorney General brought criminal charges against three state and local administrators. We now know deceptive practices like this are happening all over the country—and the people responsible must be held responsible.
Lead is a neurotoxin—the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say there is no acceptable level of exposure to lead in young children and pregnant women. By cheating on these tests, public health officials have knowingly endangered the health of the children in our communities.
This is not just a local issue, it’s a national crisis and we need federal action.