>> AS WE SAW IN FLINT, MICHIGAN AND AS WE ARE NOW FINDING OUT, LEAD IS A
DEVASTATING PROBLEM.
WE THOUGHT WE HAD DONE MUCH OF THE WORK IN THIS
COUNTRY OF RIDDING OURSELVES OF LEAD, BUT THERE IS STILL A LOT OF
WORK TO BE DONE.
RIGHT NOW JORDAN CHARITON IS ON THE GROUND IN
INDIANA.
HE TOOK SOME VIDEO OF TESTS HE AND ACTAVIS ARE DOING
ON A WATER
HEATER THAT IS DEVASTATING.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> YOU HAVE A WATER HEATER RIGHT HERE.
SOME OF THEM CAN COLLECT
DIFFERENT SILT AT THE BOTTOM.
SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF THIS ONE.
LET'S DO
IT SLOWLY.
MOVE THE BOTTLE.
>>LOOK AT THAT BOTTLE.
THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT FLINT WATER BUT
WORSE.
>> SO FAR THEY ARE THINKING THAT WATER LOOKS FINE.
BUT THERE ACTUALLY
IS A PROBLEM WITH IT.
LET'S GO TO THIS NEXT VIDEO.
>> THIS IS THE WATER HEATER.
DOES THIS LOOK LIKE, COME HERE, THIS
LOOKS LIKE ALMOST LIKE CREAMY.
>> YEAH.
IT LOOKS LIKE WHEY, WHEN YOU SEPARATE MILK.
>>I AM NO ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERT BUT THAT IS NOT CLEAN.
THIS IS COMING
OUT OF THE WATER HEATER.
THE WATER HEATER WAS
NOT TESTED IN THIS HOME
BY THE EPA.
THE ONLY THING TESTED WAS THE SINK AND THE SOIL.
>> YES.
THAT WAS VERY SCARY.
OH MY GOODNESS.
THAT DOES NOT LOOK
CLEAN DEFINITELY.
SCARY.
>>HOW MANY THINGS DO YOU THINK ARE GROWING IN HERE?
>>CREAMY WATER, ONLY IN AMERICA.
AS THEY POINTED OUT, WHEN THE EPA COMES
IN AND DOES LEAD TESTING WHICH THEY DID IN THAT AREA THERE ARE DIFFERENT
THINGS THEY CONTEST.
THEY CAN TEST THE SINKS, THE SOIL, BUT THOSE ARE
NOT THE ONLY PLACES I CAN SHOW A HIGH LEAD LEVEL.
THERE COULD BE LEAD
HIDING IN THOSE PLACES THEY DON'T TEST.
>> FOR THE SINKS THEY TESTED ABOUT 45 HOMES.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF
SINKS THERE.
WHY THEY CHOSE TO TEST ONLY 45, THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
WHEN YOU GO TO TESTED THE OTHER HOMES IT TURNS OUT THERE COULD BE
PROBLEMS.
SINK VERSUS WATER HEATER, THE WATER HEATER IS CLOSEST TO THE
WATER SOURCE.
THAT IS THE ONE MOST LIKELY TO HAVE CONTAMINANTS IF THERE
ARE ANY.
BY THE TIME IT GETS TO THE SINK THERE IS LESS OF IT APPARENTLY.
IN SOME WAYS THAT IS GOOD NEWS.
BUT THAT IS PART OF THE REASON THEY
DON'T TEST THE WATER HEATER BECAUSE THEN THEY WILL GET A HIGHER SCORE.
WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE JORDAN HAS TALKED TO THE GUYS THAT TESTED THE
WATER IN FLINT.
WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE ALREADY SENT THAT SAMPLE TO THAT
SAME COMPANY TO TEST IT TO SEE IF THERE IS A LEAD FROM THAT WATER WE
JUST SAW FROM THE WATER HEATER.
IF IT IS HIGHER THAN IN THE SINK, THAT
IS A DIFFERENT PROBLEM AND THEY SHOULD GO TEST THE WATER HEATERS.
IF
IT TURNS OUT IT IS IN THE HOUSE IS OUTSIDE OF THE 45, THEN THEY SHOULD
TEST ALL THE HOUSES.
WE LOOK AT IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GET A
SENSE OF THE PANIC YOU WOULD HAVE IF THAT WAS YOUR HOUSE.
I KEEP THINKING
LEAD LOWERS THE IQ OF YOUR KIDS.
IT DOES A LOT OF TERRIBLE THINGS.
IT
LEADS TO VIOLENCE AS THOSE KIDS GROW UP.
IT IS SO TERRIBLY DAMAGING TO
THE HUMAN BODY.
THEY SAY THERE IS LITERALLY NO SAFE LEVEL OF LEAD IN
THE HUMAN BODY.
WE HAVE SEEN IN MANY DIFFERENT CASES THAT WE HAVE GONE
WAY ABOVE THAT.
THAT WATER DIDN'T LOOK GOOD.
IF IT TURNS OUT THE TEST
RESULTS COME BAD BACK AS IT LOOKS – THEIR KIDS BATHE IN IT.
CAN YOU
IMAGINE IF YOU WERE SHOWERING YOUR KIDS WITH THAT TOXIN?
IT LITERALLY
ATTACKS THEIR BRAIN AND DOES ALL THESE HORRIBLE THINGS IN THE LONG
RUN.
WE WILL OBVIOUSLY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU GUYS THE MINUTE WE HAVE THE
TEST RESULTS FROM THAT WATER.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THAT FULL VIDEO ON
TYT POLITICS.
BUT ALSO LOOK AT THE INTERVIEWS JORDAN DID WITH
THE
FAMILIES THERE SEE HOW OFTEN THEY GET SICK AND ALL THE PROBLEMS THEY
HAVE.
THERE USED TO BE A LEAD PLANT, THEN THEY BUILT LOW INCOME HOUSING
RIGHT ON TOP
OF IT.
JORDAN WAS AMONG THE PEOPLE THAT BROKE THE STORY IN
THE FIRST PLACE IN INDIANA.
THE NEW YORK TIMES DID THIS STORY.
JORDAN
WENT OUT THERE BEFORE THEY DID BECAUSE OF A TIP FROM ONE OF YOU
GUYS.
SEE WHAT AN EPA OFFICIAL SAID BACK THEN.
>> THIS IS NOT SIMILAR TO FLINT.
THEY GET LAKE MICHIGAN WATER, THERE
IS NO GROUNDWATER.
THE WATER THEY ARE GETTING IS NOT FROM A WELL.
WE
ARE LOOKING AT SOIL LEAD, AND KIDS INGESTING IT.
ALSO POSSIBLE
INHALATION FROM DUST FROM THE TOPSOIL.
>> BACK THEN THEY SAID DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, IT IS NOT IN THE WATER.
NOW THEY ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS IN THE WATER.
THE DEGREE TO WHICH IT IS IN
THE WATER, THEY HAVE NOT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT AND WE ARE AT THE
TIP OF THE ICEBERG OF FINDING THAT OUT.
>> EVEN IF THEY WERE, THEIR KIDS ARE PLAYING IN IT.
THAT IS NOT SAFE.
IT
IS NOT GOOD STUFF THAT IS TURNING IT BROWN OR YELLOW DOT THE EXTENT TO
WHICH WE ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE GRADUAL DEGRADATION OF OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE, IT IS CRAZY THAT WE ALLOW THAT TO GO BY.
THAT SHOULD BE
THE FIRST THING WE TAKE CARE OF.
BUT MOST PEOPLE JUST ACCEPT IT.
I WANT
TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION.
TO REFER TO WHAT YOU SAID A SECOND AGO
– IT WAS SO DIFFICULT TO GET THE MEDIA TO FOCUS ON THIS ONE TOWN.
THANKFULLY THAT HAPPENED TO SOME EXTENT AND THE SITUATION SEEMS TO BE
IMPROVING.
NOW WE FIND OUT LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PLACES ARE JUST AS BAD
IF NOT FAR WORSE.
IN THE WORST AFFECTED URBAN AREAS ROUTERS
COVERED, UP TO 50% OF CHILDREN TESTED HAD ELEVATEDLEAD LEVELS.
THE
CDC IS LOOKING TO CHANGE THEIR THRESHOLD AND FINALLY DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS.
I GUESS IF WE CAN GO BACK A LITTLE BIT THERE IS SOME GOOD
NEWS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE GOVERNMENT WITH REGULATIONS WAS ABLE
TO ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS.
IT IS EASY TO DEMONIZE ALL REGULATIONS.
WE
CANNOT ALLOW 3000 AREAS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE US TO HAVE ELEVATED
LEVELS.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN WE FORCE THE GOVERNMENT TO DO THE
RIGHT THING WE CAN MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
>> I JUST WANT TO TALK QUICKLY ABOUT THE EXCUSE YOU HEAR WHEN IT COMES TO
ISSUES INVOLVING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHY IT IS THAT THE SITUATION IN
FLINT HAPPENED.
IT IS ALWAYS BECAUSE OF LACK OF RESOURCES.
WE DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR IT, OR FOR TESTING.
BUT DESPITE TRUMP AND HIS
BIG TALK AGAINST DEFENSE CONTRACTORS THE REALITY IS WE KEEP FUNDING
DEFENSE CONTRACTORS WITH INSANE AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
LOCKHEED MARTIN
RECENTLY GOT ANOTHER CONTRACT FOR FIGHTER JETS.
THIS IS JUST THE
LATEST CONTRACT.
THESE CONTRACTS HAPPEN OVER AGAIN.
PRIVATE
CONTRACTORS MAKE THE MOST AMOUNT OF MONEY OFF OF US GOING TOWARD.
WE
NEED TO REALLY REFOCUS OUR TAX MONEY INTO THIS COUNTRY AND THIS
INFRASTRUCTURE.
JARED KUSHNER IS IN FAVOR OF DOING THAT AND I HEAR HE IS
TRYING TO ADVISE TRAP AND PUSH HIM IN THAT DIRECTION.
HOPEFULLY THAT
HAPPENS, BUT THE REALITY IS WE PAY OUR TAXES AND THAT MONEY
SHOULD GO
BACK TO TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN COUNTRY INSTEAD OF MAKING
PRIVATE
CONTRACTORS WEALTHY.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST STORY OF 2017 I THINK.
WHO ISN'T
GOING TO GET PANICKED BY THIS?
IF YOU HAVE KIDS THERE, HOW DO YOU NOT
SAY DAMMIT I HAVE HAD ENOUGH?
WE ARE HAVING ALL THESE CRAZY PRIORITIES –
HOW DOES AN F 35 AFFECT YOUR LIFE?
WE ARE GETTING ANYWHERE BETWEEN FOUR
TO $40 BILLION OF TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES TO OIL COMPANIES EVERY YEAR.
WHY DO
THE MOST PROFITABLE COMPANIES NEED MORE OF YOUR MONEY, MEANWHILE YOUR
KIDS ARE GETTING POISONED BY LEAD?
THE GOOD NEWS IS WHEN WE CHOOSE TO
DO SOMETHING AS A COUNTRY IT CAN WORK.
THE FACT THAT WE DECREASED
CHILDHOOD BLOOD LEAD LEVELS BY 90% IS AMAZING.
40 YEARS AGO IT WAS
HIGHER.
THERE IS EXCELLENT EVIDENCE THAT THE LEAD IN OUR BLOOD IS WHAT
LED TO CRIME SPIKES IN THE 60S AND 70S.
IT IS INTERESTING EVIDENCE AND
YOU SHOULD READ INTO IT.
YOU HAVE POOR AREAS, A LOT OF MIDDLE-CLASS
AREAS AND THEY WERE SLOWLY BEING POISONED.
WE FIXED IN THE PAST WHEN
WE TOOK IT OUT OF PAINT AND GAS EMISSIONS IT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE
IN THE WORLD.
WE CAN DO IT AGAIN AND WE HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN.
WE HAVE TO
INSIST THAT OUR GOVERNMENT REPRESENT US.
ALSO OUR MEDIA NEEDS TO COVER
THINGS THAT ACTUALLY AFFECT US VERSUS WHAT THE POWERFUL WANT THEM
TO COVER TO DISTRACT US.
WE WILL KEEP ON INVESTIGATING THIS.
WE WILL
NOT LET THIS GO.
THE YOUNG TURKS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS WILL BE IN
THE FIELD ALL OF NEXT YEAR.
WE WILL UNCOVER THIS AND MAKE PEOPLE PAY
ATTENTION UNTIL THERE IS SAFE WATER IN THE COUNTRY.
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