current bottled water distribution is that they have been testing for two weeks and will be testing for two more. they haven t updated us on what these tests are proving. we asked the mayor and he s going to wait until there s a scientific sample. right now they re working on getting the corrosion inhibitor in the water set. that takes up to six months. once that s set, in a worst case scenario, hopefully they won t need to use bottled water anymore. we won t know when they can stop distributing until the tests are done. we know instinctively you don t want lead in your water. but specifically medically, for children, for adults, what are the consequences of that? for everyone it s a toxicity. it s a heavy metal and it gets into our body and disrupts the cells and how they work. it gets to the brain, the spinal cord, and can also go to the kidney and heart. it can cause a lot of problems. it s a cumulative process. the more you re exposed the more problems it will cause and start b
a dozen people who remain trapped inside the mine in baluchistan province according to authorities the blast was caused by a buildup of methane gas. a trench will flood has swept through a district in the turkish capital ankara injuring six people a powerful water set vehicles downstream through the streets dozens of homes and offices were also flooded authorities say crews have already started cleaning up the affected neighborhood. russia s first floating nuclear reactor is now crossing the baltic sea at nine kilometers per hour it left st petersburg last weekend and it s heading for the arctic it s meant to generate power for around two hundred thousand people in eastern siberia but many fear it could be an environmental time bomb. environmentalists say the reactor represents a floating chair noble and they fear it could become a nuclear titanic russian authorities say the academic is safe and unsinkable the
the dams continue to potentially break and the water set to flow with the heavy currents. we re trying to balance that and make sure people know all of the information they need to know as far as how vigorously we are working to restore water service. the boil water advisory does continue to be in effect but our main priorities now are still search and rescue and restoring water service to the people, citizens of columbia. city manager teresa wilson, thank you so much for your time this morning. the american commander in afghanistan admitted today that the u.s. made the decision to launch an air strike that hit a humanitarian hospital but told the senate committee was a mistake. 22 people were killed in that air strike. doctors without borders says it is no excuse that it the air strikes were called for. so the discrepancy that we ve
dallas-ft. worth airports, radiation levels, thankfully low, have been picked up on passengers returning from japan. but the battle and the focus remain on the fukushima station and its crippled reactors. reactor number three, the scene of aerial water bombardment today, brave crew members dropped sea water in a desperate attempt to cool what is being describes as the single greatest threat. the fukushima six reactors, reactor three is the only one housing a mixed fuel known as mox, short for mixed oxide, a material made of reclaimed plutonium, the release of which would pose far more devastating effects than weave seen thus far. reactor four and its lack of water set off the biggest rift between nuclear authorities in the united states and japan. the u.s. believes the situation there is far worse than the japanese counterparts concede. the rift has led to a mini exodus of americans and others within japan.