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[Southsider2k12]

This is pretty alarming. The news service Reuters did a nationwide survey on lead exposure in children. The findings locally are very scary. On the north and west side of Michigan City elevated lead levels were found in nearly 20% of those surveyed. To put this into prospective, the findings in Flint Michigan were a fraction of that total. Please see the chart enclosed in the story.

http://www.reuters.com/investigates/specia...a-lead-testing/

[Southsider2k12]

Again, I am very happy to see the the City taking a lead in this important public safety issue. But again, I wouldn't wait for the City to do everything for you. Lead poisoning is a dangerous issue, especially for children. If you are living in a very old house, where things like paint and pipes could be older than 40 or 50 years, call the health department and get things started yourself.

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/laporte...campaign=LEEDCC

[exsteel5]

Again, I am very happy to see the the City taking a lead in this important public safety issue. But again, I wouldn't wait for the City to do everything for you. Lead poisoning is a dangerous issue, especially for children. If you are living in a very old house, where things like paint and pipes could be older than 40 or 50 years, call the health department and get things started yourself.

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/laporte...campaign=LEEDCC

There would be no lead in the public water system up to the point of delivery. It is good they are checking the sanitary effluent, but who knows what is being put down the sewers. They need to check point of delivery in people's old homes. That is where they will find the lead. It is the customer supply lines in the old homes that are lead. It is not the City's fault, it is what they used back then to hook up to the City's steel pipes. I would not have believed it, unless I saw it myself.