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BlankBox
Children living near airport found to have raised lead levels in blood
Hmmm… Looks like yet another nonsense piece of so-called ‘research’ paid for to get a certain answer. A mere thirty seconds on google and we get a reality check:
“..Despite Santa Clara County officials describing lead exposure from Reid-Hillview Airport as a decades-long health crisis, a county-commissioned study shows elevated blood lead levels consistent with the state average.
Santa Clara County officials, led by Supervisor Cindy Chavez, have been gunning to close the airport for years. They say the airport signals issues of racial inequity…”
So now it is a ‘race’ issue..
Having a further look-see I find this:
“..Eastridge Little League team which was banned from using the airport’s fields after more than 50 years, are questioning the county after the soil study found lead levels below local, state and federal thresholds..”
Strange.. if lead from aircraft were an issue you’d think after 85 years of aircraft using the airport that there would be elevated lead levels in the soil..