am i right that there s no easy way to test overall exposure if if you re showing a lowell elevatored blood lead level, but you were exposed, your kids were exposed a long time ago, is there no easy way to test to show that long-term exposure? you could do a bone biopsy, but nobody s really signed up for that. so no, there s not great ways to tests past exposure. that s why we re under the assumption that the entire population was exposed and thus the entire population needs to benefit from interventions to mitigate that long-term exposure. we also got news about this legionnaires disease outbreak. do you have information about whether that s related to this or how serious that is to flint? that s an adult disease, and i m a kids doctor. but it does seem this corrosive water could be implicated. mona hannah attisha, thanks for joining us. one thing we re going to talk
so the testing now is recent exposure. it does not mean it doesn t tell you what your lead level was a year ago or six months ago when this was at its worst. am i right that there s no easy way to test overall exposure if if you re showing a lowell elevatored blood lead level, but you were exposed, your kids were exposed a long time ago, is there no easy way to test to show that long-term exposure? you could do a bone biopsy, but nobody s really signed up for that. so no, there s not great ways to tests past exposure. that s why we re under the assumption that the entire population was exposed and thus the entire population needs to benefit from interventions to mitigate that long-term exposure. we also got news about this legionnaires disease outbreak. do you have information about whether that s related to this or how serious that is to flint? that s an adult disease, and i m a kids doctor.
okay, a difference. two cents. no big deal, right? not enough to even qualify as chump change. but you know what? that tiny mistake cost the flanagans their coverage. and the timing will blow you away. flanagans found this out when ron was at the doctor s office getting ready for a crucial bone biopsy. over two cents. ron s been trying to beat cancer for the past two years. cancer he thinks might be the price for serving in vietnam and his exposure to agent orange. happy to say common sense prevailed. and this has all been straightened out, and ron s therapy can go forward. but you know what? the flanagans story is a real cautionary tale. even the tiniest mistake can have enormous consequences. ron and francis with us now from denver. good to see you both. and it s great to hear the good news. but boy, what a scare and what a lesson for all of us. and ron, you know, you have been