A horrific danger confronts the NEXTGEN in the urban core through no fault of their own but mostly due to slumlords and nasty housing conditions. Read more:
Data reveals high-risk areas for lead poisoning
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Lead poisoning could mean lifelong consequences for children who are raised in certain Kansas City, Missouri, ZIP codes. Data the 41 Action News investigators obtained from the Kansas City Health Department revealed a cluster of 10 ZIP codes where as many as one in every 10 kids tested have dangerously high levels of lead in their blood.
The city forces you to remove lead from your property but who forces the city to do the same?
ReplyDeletePaint chips are still tasty after all these years ? Who knew ?
ReplyDeletePaint be damned bullets cause lead poisoning too.
ReplyDeleteIs one of the symptoms of high lead levels a desire to commit felonies and to wear pants sagging to ones knees? Just asking for a friend.
ReplyDelete"“Even with a lead level as low as two, kids have trouble with brain development and trouble with reading and math scores...." Heck, even with a lead level as low as zero, lots of kids have trouble with reading and math scores. That just goes to show how sneaky lead is.
ReplyDeleteReally??!! Who hasn't repainted since Nineteen
ReplyDelete"disco's 'bout dead" Seventy Eight??!! Oh, yeah, all the ones causing bunches of blighty dollar houses, and some lazy landlord mofos.