03-12-2019, 09:25 AM
geochem - that second article does indicate that lead levels were actually fairly low for Hawaii children as compared to many mainland areas...
Umm, no it doesn't - it says: "Compared to other states, Hawaii has a relatively low number of lead poisoning cases. But officials acknowledge that it's unclear whether lead testing of children is as widespread as it should be."
So it's relatively low number of individuals, but we're likely not counting everyone we should... (no mention of the lead levels themselves) The 3% of kids with elevated lead levels appears comparable with many other states.
https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/data/national.htm
Your plan is that nothing should be done until every possible source of lead has been identified and quantified for each child and then compared to every other likely impact to their health, all in order not to waste money? It is the Hawaii way - more results means more funding for more studies! (but no responsibility or money for addressing the problem - unless we can get the Feds to pony up)
Or you could address the sources, like a child's public school, as they are identified (IF there are actually any toxins of course - MarkD isn't sure until a fiction-writer weighs in on the research apparently). Thankfully the DoH is taking steps to mitigate the issue, to the best of their ability, rather than shifting blame, responsibility, or the actionable information required like most of the PW daf responses.
Umm, no it doesn't - it says: "Compared to other states, Hawaii has a relatively low number of lead poisoning cases. But officials acknowledge that it's unclear whether lead testing of children is as widespread as it should be."
So it's relatively low number of individuals, but we're likely not counting everyone we should... (no mention of the lead levels themselves) The 3% of kids with elevated lead levels appears comparable with many other states.
https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/data/national.htm
Your plan is that nothing should be done until every possible source of lead has been identified and quantified for each child and then compared to every other likely impact to their health, all in order not to waste money? It is the Hawaii way - more results means more funding for more studies! (but no responsibility or money for addressing the problem - unless we can get the Feds to pony up)
Or you could address the sources, like a child's public school, as they are identified (IF there are actually any toxins of course - MarkD isn't sure until a fiction-writer weighs in on the research apparently). Thankfully the DoH is taking steps to mitigate the issue, to the best of their ability, rather than shifting blame, responsibility, or the actionable information required like most of the PW daf responses.