for testing especially in schools. but there is a major drawback as you discussed. and that s that they more than doubled the time that s currently allotted to actually fix the pipes that are leeching lead. and that s highly problem, becae know that whenever you hear the word lead, it s an urgent call to action. time is of the essence. and that s because lead is a potent neurotoxin that affects the brain, learning, memory and behavior. that s what we ve seen with the crisis unfolding in flint. many people know that there s a public health crisis in flint. but they may not realize that there s also an educational emergency in flint, and because medical intervention cannot completely counter lead s affects, education really is the answer. and in your firm through a lawsuit you filed helped create a model for what people should do, what cities and towns should do if they have to find themselves in the situation like flint where you have these kids
taking it seriously, working with us to develop additional resources for flint community schools f we re not able to reach that type of understanding, then we re ready to go to trial, aggressively, and we re confident that we will preva prevail. kristen totten, yes, you know the children are screened and they have lead exposure but then what? what more needs to be done? so many things need to be done. first of all, we need to acknowledge the extent of the harm that lead has caused. it s a neurotoxin, as greg has stated. it causes severe aggression in children, it affects impulse control. we see a spike in crime rates related to lead poisoning in the past, when we had leaded gasoline. what we need to do is understand the extent of the crisis and we need to make sure we are not punishing children for behaviors related to a disability that was inflicted upon them by this lead poisoning. they are now carrying a burden
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