This is oppression of the poor. These are poor communities and no cares about them. They don't have resources to for a lawsuit.
This is from the CDC.
Today at least 4 million households (click here) have children living in them that are being exposed to high levels of lead. There are approximately half a million U.S. children ages 1-5 with blood lead levels above 5 micrograms per deciliter (µg/dL), the reference level at which CDC recommends public health actions be initiated....
The Mother Jones article points to the lack of interest in the health of the poor.
February 2013
By Kevin Drum
New research (click here) finds lead is the hidden villain behind violent crime, lower IQs, and even the ADHD epidemic. And fixing the problem is a lot cheaper than doing nothing....
This fact is not an excuse for the money juggling by Snyder with complete disregard of Flint's people. Flint did not have this problem until Snyder was playing with money and a water supply to Flint. This was a deliberate action that changed the health of the people of Flint.
Flint went from being safe from lead to high levels of exposure. It is criminal.
The lead levels across the country is due to negligence, but, it didn't occur overnight as it did in Flint when the water system was completely disrupted. Snyder made the decision to take millions of dollars into the treasury while asking for more now that Flint has a problem with lead. This didn't happen in the rest of the country. There is no excuse for the complete disregard by Snyder of the health of Flint.
The wide spread negligence of the country needs to be addressed. It is another infrastructure problem.
Number of Children Tested (click here) and Confirmed BLL's ≥10 µg/dL by State, Year, and BLL Group, Children < 72 Months Old
October 12, 1991
By Philip J. Hilts
Washington, Oct. 11— California has agreed (click here) to test at least 500,000 poor children for lead poisoning, after three years of failing to do so in its Medicaid clinics, it was state officials announced today.
This is from the CDC.
Today at least 4 million households (click here) have children living in them that are being exposed to high levels of lead. There are approximately half a million U.S. children ages 1-5 with blood lead levels above 5 micrograms per deciliter (µg/dL), the reference level at which CDC recommends public health actions be initiated....
The Mother Jones article points to the lack of interest in the health of the poor.
February 2013
By Kevin Drum
New research (click here) finds lead is the hidden villain behind violent crime, lower IQs, and even the ADHD epidemic. And fixing the problem is a lot cheaper than doing nothing....
This fact is not an excuse for the money juggling by Snyder with complete disregard of Flint's people. Flint did not have this problem until Snyder was playing with money and a water supply to Flint. This was a deliberate action that changed the health of the people of Flint.
Flint went from being safe from lead to high levels of exposure. It is criminal.
The lead levels across the country is due to negligence, but, it didn't occur overnight as it did in Flint when the water system was completely disrupted. Snyder made the decision to take millions of dollars into the treasury while asking for more now that Flint has a problem with lead. This didn't happen in the rest of the country. There is no excuse for the complete disregard by Snyder of the health of Flint.
The wide spread negligence of the country needs to be addressed. It is another infrastructure problem.
Number of Children Tested (click here) and Confirmed BLL's ≥10 µg/dL by State, Year, and BLL Group, Children < 72 Months Old
October 12, 1991
By Philip J. Hilts
Washington, Oct. 11— California has agreed (click here) to test at least 500,000 poor children for lead poisoning, after three years of failing to do so in its Medicaid clinics, it was state officials announced today.
Immediately after the agreement was reached, settling a lawsuit, Gov. Pete Wilson announced three bills that would carry out the court settlement and go beyond it to test other children and workers who may be exposed to high levels of lead at work.
The State Director of Health Services, Dr. Molly Coye, signed the settlement Thursday night after negotiations with the five groups who sued the state on behalf of its poor children: the Natural Resources Defense Council, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the National Health Law Program, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Legal Aid Society of Alameda County. Cause of Nerve Damage
"The state will immediately authorize payments for blood lead testing of more than one-half million California children who are eligible for Medi-Cal or other state-sponored health care programs," Dr. Coye said today....
...In 1989 the Federal Government required all states participating in the Medicaid program, which provides medical care to the poor, to test the blood of children for traces of lead, along with other tests of health and development, as a condition of getting Federal Medicaid money....
It is all socio-economic.There is no excuse in any of these states. It looks like there will be many class action lawsuits across the country.
...In 1989 the Federal Government required all states participating in the Medicaid program, which provides medical care to the poor, to test the blood of children for traces of lead, along with other tests of health and development, as a condition of getting Federal Medicaid money....
It is all socio-economic.There is no excuse in any of these states. It looks like there will be many class action lawsuits across the country.
