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KVR said
@jonathco , you are on well water right?

FLINT — Today at Hurley Medical Center, doctors warned the public that lead levels in Flint water are too high and many residents should stop drinking it immediately.

Hurley did their own study of Flint water. They have advised senior citizens, children, and pregnant women to stop drinking Flint water right now or they could face irreversible damage. This damage could include memory loss or lowered IQ.

They found double the acceptable amount of lead in Flint water. They tested the specific zip codes done in the recent Virginia Tech study and found excessive blood lead levels in children and babies.

This will affect them not only now, but for decades to come, doctors say. They are advising people to use lead filters.

The head of the Genesee County Health Department, Mark Valacak, said that just looking at children won't identify any of the issues. A blood test is the only way to know for certain.

more http://nbc25news.com.....int-water/

Yeah, we are on a nice new well; I'd never go city water... Especially near Flint... There is a long and sordid history with Flint, its water supply, and pollution.  People are pretty upset over this around here (not that I blame them). 

KVR said
that's good, any word on how the city is going to rectify this?

City officials be like:

KVR said
wow, so what are people doing for water?

The city claims that a simple Brita style filter catches most of it, but I am not buying that line. Since I work downtown, we regularly discuss it in our Operations meetings at work... The inside scoop I heard from one of our Ops people who works closely with the city is that the heavy chlorination is because the city is drawing water from the Flint river and it is so dirty that they have to, but the lead levels are actually because of bad infrastructure (old pipes w/ lead and lead-based solder). 

All I know is I am glad to be on a well and happy to bring water everyday.