Is Your Child Safe?
@nanette64 (20364)
Fairfield, Texas
October 28, 2016 11:07am CST
Lead contamination in the schools drinking water is being found in schools all across the country. Lead is a toxic metal and there is no safe level even though school districts are told that 20ppb (parts per billion) is acceptable.
Many of the schools in Dallas, Texas showed 3x's that level and many of the schools are now ripping out water fountains and checking pipes for problems. Parents are scared to death and for good reason.
Lead in the drinking water can cause: convulsions, neurological damage, organ failure, coma and death; particularly in children and the signs can be similar to the flu or gastrointestinal disease.
If you have children, you may want to ask the school they attend whether or not the water supplies have been checked and how recently. This is not something to mess around with; especially when it is your child's health and welfare.
Corrosive water and lead copper zinc and other metals in tap water.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
28 Oct 16
And the lead can be in the pipe leading up to where it exits in the fountain @amadeo ; which is where you can't get at.
@vandana7 (98830)
• India
28 Oct 16
@nanette64 .. I am getting a bit concerned about the kiddo.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
28 Oct 16
@vandana7 I would be too; those symptoms don't sound good at all.
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
28 Oct 16
The mom definitely needs to have it checked out @vandana7 . I'm sure a blood test would be a good thing to do.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
28 Oct 16
I am not sure about where my oldest grands go. My youngest are all being home schooled. The school where I work is a nearly new building.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
28 Oct 16
Homeschooling is a good thing; at least you hopefully know what's in the water @GardenGerty . At least with the new building, the piping is new.
@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
28 Oct 16
@nanette64 thanks for the info, i will pass it on to my grand children and let them check on things
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
28 Oct 16
Good plan @hostessman because you just never know and it's better to be safe than sorry.
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
30 Oct 16
It makes you wonder though if the statistics are accurate. A good example being Flint, Mi. Some companies say the water is from springs but is from the community water supply. We have a separate water company where I live (different from what's in town) and they send a report every year and you would be amazed at the ppb of this and ppb of that. I use a Britta filter @just4him .
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@just4him (306236)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
1 Nov 16
@nanette64 So do I. As well as bottled water.
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@Iam_jauntyjen (4951)
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14 Nov 16
I will check on that when my baby starts schooling.As of now,I wat h out for the lead in toys.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
14 Nov 16
Definitely. Especially any from China @Iam_jauntyjen .
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