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The adults who are running Flint are probably more lead poisoned than the kids. Not because of Flint's drinking water, but because they grew up in the 70s and e
by mumblemumble 7y ago
The adults who are running Flint are probably more lead poisoned than the kids. Not because of Flint's drinking water, but because they grew up in the 70s and earlier.
In 1976, the median amount of lead in the blood of young children was 15 µg/dL. This was considered normal and healthy at the time. In the Flint crisis, the kids who were exposed to lead were generally testing between 5 and 10 µg/dL.
source: https://www.statnews.com/2016/01/22/flint-children-lead-exposure/ https://www.statnews.com/2016/01/22/flint-children-lead-expo...
- mumblemumble 7y agoAlso, just to pile it on: levels of up to 10 µg/dL weren't considered a problem according to US guidelines until 2012. This is not by way of meaning to be blasé about the situation. More to highlight that even the country's highest authorities on the subject were enough laxer about it until recently enough that you really do need to be on guard about it for yourself. A 7-year-old CDC guideline will almost certainly have trickled down to your pediatrician's practices, but it probably hasn't had enough time to have much impact on your local building codes or any other local government policies. 8 short years ago, what happened in Flint would not have been considered a problem.