We have had the water of your village tested and found that the lead levels are at 22 ppb (parts per billion) which is a very high and deadly level for any drinking water. Pursuant to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation 40 C.F.R. § 141.80 (2007) the levels should be zero, but at bare minimum can be no higher than 15 ppb. As you can see by our test results you are well above this level and are putting the lives of your citizens at risk.…
Can you imagine getting lead poisoning from drinking what you may think is clean, filtered water? Well, that is exactly what is going on in Flint. The amount of lead found in this water is harming children and adults. Even the color doesn’t seem look right, I mean, why is this water brown? And why does it smell and taste awful? The Flint Michigan water crisis has gotten out of control and has been for the past couple of years. In class, we were showed a mini documentary on how bad this situation has gotten since the start of it in April 2014. The good news is that more attention has been brought to this and we want to see change soon for the sake of the people of Flint. According to the film, lead poisoning can bring many health problems and…
Almost immediately, the residents of Flint began expressing their discontent of the new water. People complained about the smell, taste and color of the Flint water; and on top of that, some started reporting rashes, hair loss and abdominal pain (“Flint”, 2016). Officials disregarded these concerns, and even as tests detected harmful contaminants such as E. coli, total coliform,…
Government officials are responsible for allowing the Flint water crisis to reach this detrimental point. According to the PBS news station, for one and a half years, people were drinking water contaminated with lead, yet government officials claimed that everything was fine. In this scenario, the public have no clue that their water, which they drink, bathe in, wash clothes and dishes in, and water their garden with, is toxic. They don’t know that this water can have several, very serious impacts on their and their children’s health, such as, learning disabilities, slow growth, insomnia, memory loss, and liver and kidney problems.…
Research definitively shows a significant increase of blood lead levels in children under the age of five living in Flint, Michigan. These increased levels are found to be directly related to a water…
I don’t think it’s fair when teachers get to have drinks such as coke, pepsi and sprite. Water doesn’t stain anything if you spill it. Coke, pepsi, and Sprite however, will stain. If the teachers are worried that students are gonna play with the water, if they see them do that the person who is playing with the water and splashing it on people would not be allowed to have…
Since we are dealing with children, we need to understand that they are at a higher risk than adults. Remember the saying “curiosity killed the cat?” (Martin, 2012) Cats are curious animals that like to investigate, but their curiosity can take them to places where they might get hurt. Children, like cats, are curious and like to products in their own dangerous ways. Children tend to be curious by touching items, putting them in their mouth, and sharing them with friends and family. This causes the levels of lead to rise along with the risk of lead poisoning. (Agency, 2012)…
Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton was a pioneer nurse who founded the American Red Cross. In addition to being a hospital nurse, she worked as a teacher, patent clerk, and humanitarian. At a time when relatively few women worked outside the home, Barton built a career helping others. She was never married, as she knew the restrictions of a married woman at the time, but had a relationship with John J. Elwell. During the end of the American Civil War, Barton worked at a hospital she made helping the people at the Andersonville prison camp where 13,000 people died.…
Our economy is dependent on good clean water. Unfortunately, we have not always been the best stewards of our resources. The water is no exception. Recently Flint, Michigan has been in the news. The inhabitants of that city were forced to drink bottled water when the city’s water was found to contain large quantities of lead in it. As part of an effort to reduce, spending the city started using water from the Flint River. The Flint River was contaminated long before the switch came. In an article dated 02/26/2016 by theverge.com, Tim Carmody stated “Before processing, the water itself is polluted from four sources: natural biological waste; treated industrial and human waste; untreated waste intentionally or accidentally dumped into the river; and contaminates washed into the river by rain or snow”. Three years later the residents of Flint are still drinking bottled water and are dealing with the consequences of decisions made in the past. According to mich.gov, women and small children should be careful when they eat fish. They have published booklets in several languages to explain the hazards of eating too…
The California Assembly Business and Professions Committee passed a bill to mandate “all gender” bathroom signs on all public, single-occupancy bathrooms, sending the bill, AB 1732 on to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. This is supposed to make every person able to feel accepted into public restrooms. The signs are said to be about sexuality rather than access. Gender-neutral inclusive signs should not be enforced for public, single-occupancy bathrooms.…
Children or individuals of any age are being exposed to the contaminated water. Just like any other type of water pollution, this tainted river is impacting people who live in Flint, Michigan in unpleasant ways which are why they are considered stakeholders. Some have been undergoing serious amounts of trauma due to nonreversible circumstances. However, the majority of exposed children are experiencing permanent brain damage. According to Philip Landrigan, "The problem here is, no level of lead is safe…”(2) This essentially means it doesn't matter how little or how much of this water was consumed by them, it will have the same awful effect. Despite the fact that they are no longer drinking the toxic water, the damage will follow them for the rest of their…
At schools a majority of kids have to drink out of our water fountains. The water in the water fountains has to travel through rusted pipes. Pipes can contain leach copper and lead; some water treatment plants are not designed to remove toxins, such as, medications, human excretion, and even drugs people let wash down drain pipes. Parents I don’t believe realize what contaminants could be in a water fountain. Taking a bottle of water to school could help solve this issue, and also from being their kids possibly getting dehydrated. Seeing as kids only get a “1, 2, 3” count to drink after recess.…
One of the unequivocally worst parts of college is sharing a bathroom. I can't speak for the girls, but for guys? It's disgusting. It may seem alright at first. I can only assume some governmental detox team comes in and cleans during the summer because for the first few weeks, everything is tolerable. Just give it time. After a few weeks or so, things start to get gross. Toothpaste begins popping up in the most unexpected places, clothing starts littering to floors, and the stench? Well, let's not go there. When I call this the College Bathroom Survival Guide, I am only half joking. Some of the things I've seen may very well kill you. Here are five tips to help you get in, get done, and get out as fast as you can with your health intact.…
Online, physically, or verbally you can be a victim of being bullied. You don’t have to keep things as they are. The question is how to handle the situation (Do you attack the bully and become the bully yourself? Or do you ignore the bully and pretend all is well?) What you do is speak up and ask for help. I would know, because not only was I a victim, I was also a person who stood by and simply watched it happen.…
The United States is divided half and half on the topic of oil pipelines. Some people believe that oil pipelines, such as the Keystone XL will be the first step to isolating ourselves from depending on outside threats for resources. Others believe that oil pipelines have the ability to contaminate the world, not only through water and climate, but also through the economy. The strength of crude oil companies needs to be weakened by informing the public on what really goes on behind the scenes, what happens to towns that have oil pipelines running through them, and why protesters were so frantic to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline from being built any farther south.…