Newark to test 17,000 kids for lead poisoning

[jpak]

Source: Daily Record

NEWARK - Newark will test 17,000 children for lead poisoning after elevated levels of the toxin were found in the drinking water at nearly half of the schools in New Jersey’s biggest city.

City Health Director Hanaa Hamdi told officials Tuesday that testing will start with some 2,000 toddlers who attend early childhood centers, NJ.com reported. A specific date hasn’t been set yet.

Lead is known to severely affect a child’s development.

In the week since the higher lead levels were first reported, officials have urged calm. They say the lead levels in some of Newark’s schools don’t compare to the crisis that has plagued Flint, Michigan.

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[redwitch]

1. USA! USA!

where we can't provide safe drinking water to our citizens. Especially if they're poor.

[leftynyc]

2. While their governor

continues to be a lap dog for donnie so he can get a new government job. Sickening.