Streaming on Netflix - A rather good docudrama called ‘Lead Children’ about industrial lead poisoning of a community in 1970s Communist Poland.
#gettheleadout
🌊 TOMORROW 4:30pm at Northwestern! Gina Ramirez on fighting for water justice in Chicago. Her parents now save $600/year after their lead line replacement. Join us to learn how community organizing creates real change. See you there! 💧 #GetTheLeadOut #Chicago
⏰ One week out! Join us Nov 4, 4:30-6pm CT at Northwestern for a powerful talk on Chicago's water crisis with activist Gina Ramirez. 400,000+ lead lines in our city—learn how grassroots organizing is driving change. 💧 #WaterJustice #Chicago #GetTheLeadOut
💧 Chicago has more lead service lines than any US city—400K+ and counting. Join us Nov 4 at Northwestern to hear activist Gina Ramirez share how grassroots organizing secured safe water for her family. It's about justice, health & human rights. 4:30pm CT #GetTheLeadOut
A new map from @grist.org, @insideclimatenews.org, and @wbez.org gives Chicago a glimpse into its drinking water safety.
The city has the highest number of lead service lines in the U.S., and Black and Latine communities are impacted most. #GetTheLeadOut:
grist.org/accountabili...
From action to #GetTheLeadOut to a New York City congestion relief win, here are the latest #GoodClimateNews stories that prove climate action isn’t just possible, it’s worth it! vitalsigns.edf.org/story/good-c...
#Gettheleadout 🚰 ACMUA is #doorknocking to get the lead out 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Days like these remind me that good policy work is ineffective unless it actually gets implemented as intended and the most impacted have benefited.
Pssst… it’s not just the three school boards under Ministry control.
Any schools or other buildings made before the mid-1980s have lead solder and fittings and those made before 1975 had straight up lead pipes.
#GetTheLeadOut
#OntEd
🚰 States across the country are working to remove the toxic lead pipes contaminating their drinking water, but no one should have to wait years for lead-free water. Filters are the best solution to ensure safe public water for communities until they #GetTheLeadOut. bit.ly/PlanetDetroit
"Clean water at school shouldn’t be a luxury. In Michigan, it’s finally becoming the law. Let’s make sure it becomes the reality."
♥️ 🚰
#GetTheLeadOut
Thank you to the all-women crew of volunteers from the Univserity of Memphis and GHHI that supported this month's Lead Free South Memphis Canvass.
Let's keep fighting to #GetTheLeadOut of #Memphis 💪🏿
#YoungGiftedGreen #EnvironmentalJustice #LeadFreeUSA
The Biden administration took major strides to #GetTheLeadOut of our drinking water. Action to replace lead pipes in the U.S. will ensure safer, healthier drinking water for people across the country, but this life-saving progress is at risk.
Here’s what you need to know. 👀 💧
A proposed 65% cut to the EPA’s budget could gut clean water programs in the Great Lakes, putting millions at risk. These programs are essential to #GetTheLeadOut & control pollution.
Joel Brammeier of @alliancegreatlakes.bsky.social in @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...
SHARE THIS WITH YOUR MAYOR: Do you have lead pipes in your city? This roadmap is for you: a step-by-step interactive guide to help you #GetTheLeadOut and ensure safer drinking water in your community.
leadinnovationhub.org/mayors/
#PublicHealth #LeadPoisoning #EnvironmentalHealth #HealthyHomes
A young child drinking from a glass of water sits on a wooden chair in an outdoor setting.
DYK? 9 million U.S. homes & businesses still get their water from lead pipes. ⬇️ This new toolkit can help you work with your mayor and other community leaders to #GetTheLeadOut www.leadinnovationhub.org/mayors/
Lead exposure can cause serious health harms, especially for children & pregnant people. The time is now to get lead pipes out of our communities, & this new resource from
@EnvDefenseFund + Environmental Policy Innovation Ctr
can help: leadinnovationhub.org/mayors/
#YoungGiftedGreen #GetTheLeadOut
Lead exposure is likely to impair children's brain development, contribute to learning and behavioral problems, and lower IQs. Find out what your community is doing to #GetTheLeadOut of your drinking water.
www.edf.org/national-map...
Legislation from the Biden-Harris administration is supercharging action to #GetTheLeadOut—especially in cities that need it most.
Tune in to a new @thewaterloop ep to learn how historic investments are advancing Milwaukee's lead pipe replacement goals:...
Many U.S. cities with lead pipes lacked the proper funding to #GetTheLeadOut—until now.
Like never before, cities like Milwaukee can advance their lead pipe replacement goals, thanks to the Biden-Harris administration’s historic legislation....
Four 5-gallon buckets of dirt & this sod still isn't up to the edge of the sidewalk.
The @DenverWater #GetTheLeadOut replacement just didn't backfill enough.
Also, I think it's a touch too high & should have been flush with the sidewalk.
Do you know if there are lead pipes in your local water system? Under EPA’s new proposal, utilities would have to let you know the answer—and act faster to remove them to protect your health. Help us #GetTheLeadOut and send @EPA a message!...
The millions of lead pipes across the U.S. pose dangerous health risks and the EPA's proposed rule to #GetTheLeadOut of our drinking water is a major step forward for cleaner water. But to make this rule a reality, we need your support.
💪🏽 Act now: https://www.edf.org/Z684
Lead in water is unsafe—period. Lead can steal kids' IQ points & harms ability to learn. In adults, it can lead to heart disease. @EPA is proposing changes to the Lead & Copper Rule to #GetTheLeadOut of our water much faster. Show your support👇🏾...
EDF applauds EPA’s proposal to bring safer, cleaner drinking water to people across the U.S. 👏🏽 💧
Now, we need your support to get this proposal across the finish line. Take action to #GetTheLeadOut of our drinking water: https://www.edf.org/Z684
EDF supported a @WSJ investigation re: old telecom cables leaching lead into soil & water across the nation. Tom Neltner explains our role in that investigation in this CNBC interview. His key message? #GetTheLeadOut https://cnb.cx/3NZ7qSb
Have you wondered exactly what EDF does to protect you, your family & your community? Watch Tom Neltner explain our role in a blockbuster @WSJ investigation into old telecom cables that are leaching lead into water & soil. We are working to #GetTheLeadOut https://cnb.cx/3NZ7qSb
Someone putting their lips on the fountain=gross. Lead-tainted water in schools=😱 "Even tiny amounts of this toxic substance can harm our children." But policies in many states are too weak to protect them. We need to #GettheLeadOut of U.S. schools too!
https://yhoo.it/3SmGIoo
Everyone deserves safe water to drink. But yours could be traveling through lead pipes before it reaches your cup. Find out if you’re one of the millions of Americans with a lead service line and how you can #GettheLeadOut if you are. https://www.edf.org/Z6fU
Everyone deserves safe water to drink. But yours could be traveling through lead pipes before it reaches your cup. Find out if you’re one of the millions of Americans with a lead service line and how you can #GettheLeadOut if you are. https://www.edf.org/Z6fU