A recent Chicago Tribune study found that over 70% of homes in Chicago still use lead pipes and 30% of homes tested positive for lead. Lead is unsafe to consume at any level. According to the EPA even the smallest amount of lead in children's drinking water can cause:
● Behavior and learning problems
● Lower IQ and hyperactivity
● Slowed growth
● Hearing problems
● Anemia
We saw first hand the devastating effect of lead in Flint Michigan which lies just 275 miles East of Chicago, and we will not allow our city to suffer the same fate. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his city council allies have rejected attempts to study and solve this issue. They have once again chose “POLITICS OVER PEOPLE.” We deserve better than this. Our elected officials should be working to fix this issue instead of avoiding it. Join the Driverfor20th campaign today and voice your support for public hearings on the amount of lead in Chicago's water.
16 Comments
You have my vote the city and the police have been harassing me every sense i had my driver's licenses i have a 13 year old ticket that was never presented to me until now and its over $400
GET THE LEAD OUT NOW
Ridiculous that in 2018 we are still dealing with lead pipes. Do better for the families in this city.
My kids go to school here and we drink this everyday. fix the pipes rahms too busy worried about cameras and parking meters
But let’s build a $95million dollar police academy....that nobody needs, and let Chicago become a giant Flint instead.
How does this affect the brain?
We pay for water. It should be lead free.
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A recent Chicago Tribune study found that over 70% of homes in Chicago still use lead pipes and 30% of homes tested positive for lead. Lead is unsafe to consume at any level. According to the EPA even the smallest amount of lead in children's drinking water can cause:
● Behavior and learning problems
● Lower IQ and hyperactivity
● Slowed growth
● Hearing problems
● Anemia
We saw first hand the devastating effect of lead in Flint Michigan which lies just 275 miles East of Chicago, and we will not allow our city to suffer the same fate. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his city council allies have rejected attempts to study and solve this issue. They have once again chose “POLITICS OVER PEOPLE.” We deserve better than this. Our elected officials should be working to fix this issue instead of avoiding it. Join the Driverfor20th campaign today and voice your support for public hearings on the amount of lead in Chicago's water.
16 Comments
I agree that clean water is needed in every community including Flint, Michigan
You have my vote the city and the police have been harassing me every sense i had my driver's licenses i have a 13 year old ticket that was never presented to me until now and its over $400
GET THE LEAD OUT NOW
Ridiculous that in 2018 we are still dealing with lead pipes. Do better for the families in this city.
My kids go to school here and we drink this everyday. fix the pipes rahms too busy worried about cameras and parking meters
But let’s build a $95million dollar police academy....that nobody needs, and let Chicago become a giant Flint instead.
How does this affect the brain?
We pay for water. It should be lead free.
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I agree that clean water is needed in every community including Flint, Michigan