To: Public health officials who authorized lead testing "cheats"
Stop poisoning our children with lead-laced water
Children in cities across the country are drinking lead-tainted water, and the people who knowingly let this happen are still in power. This is unacceptable; all public health officials who authorized or allowed water testing "cheats" on lead tests must resign or be fired immediately.
Why is this important?
This week, it came out that schoolchildren in Portland, Oregon, have been drinking from water contaminated with lead in their public school buildings. And at least 33 U.S. cities have used water testing "cheats" when faced with lead concerns.
It's been nearly two years since news broke that in my hometown of Flint, Michigan, kids have been drinking poisoned water. Two years and no real action to solve the problem.
It won't stop until people lose their jobs over this. The people in power who have knowingly made these decisions cannot be trusted to implement the solutions and keep our children safe.
It's been nearly two years since news broke that in my hometown of Flint, Michigan, kids have been drinking poisoned water. Two years and no real action to solve the problem.
It won't stop until people lose their jobs over this. The people in power who have knowingly made these decisions cannot be trusted to implement the solutions and keep our children safe.