Where is the accountability after Walker Co. Schools stripped parents of the right to protect their children & recklessly exposed students to a dangerous neurotoxin for a semester?
The county spent/spends several thousand dollars on 7 Mindsets which is utterly useless, continues to spend thousands for Ombudsman, which is also ineffective and useless, yet can’t find the funds to purchase relatively inexpensive water filters? From someone who has spent over three decades in Walker County schools, it’s extremely frustrating to see once effective schools denigrate into a system handicapped by poor leadership and inaction.
Lead and chlorine can be filtered out of drinking water as well as chlorine just as the writer reveals. Expensive? More taxes for real stuff vs. padding the pockets of administrators? Check out where the tax money goes for public schools... is the lions share going for education of children? safety? or for the admins, top echelons, out of control pensions? could be interesting. may be dangerous to even talk about it. Seems accountability is lacking, secrecy/lack of transparency for some reason, smoke and mirrors responses.
ESPLOST spending is what shocks me—roughly 50% for athletic facilities. The state constitution requires a publicly funded education for every child, not publicly funded recreation. Look for a future article on this once I obtain the data and work out the math for exactly how many students participate in athletics and the spending per athlete.
UV vs Chlorine ... why not UV instead of Chlorine. The savings or cost avoidance alone my help pay for filters which all together may have a short ROI/get well time frame?
This thread is important, more important than most may realize. and here is another reason/fact that helps support the expose by Elliot. Note the chlorine effects, the gov't response to new info, and guess what has or is being done about it? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/clean-water-technology/
Along with the lead... is there any valid reason chlorination of the water supply should be done? If you try to oppose/stop this water addition be expecting immediate intense opposition from seemingly nowhere... sinister at best, diabolical at worst. tooth decay prevention... bah lony!
Chlorination is done to disinfect. It has the advantage of providing residual disinfection after the initial treatment. Before chlorination(or use of chloramines) cholera, typhoid fever, dysentery and hepatitis A killed thousands of U.S. residents annually. Drinking water chlorination and filtration have helped to virtually eliminate these diseases in the U.S. and other developed countries. E. Coli outbreaks have killed thousands in drinking supplies where residual disinfectant levels were inadequate.
George F. Will wrote a great column that relates to this issue years ago. In it, he said:
“The search for unpolluted drinking water is as old as civilization itself. As soon as there were mass human settlements, waterborne diseases like dysentery became a crucial population bottleneck. For much of human history, the solution to this chronic public-health issue was not purifying the water supply. The solution was to drink alcohol.”
Yes, chlorination or any disinfection method has downsides. They must be considered. Ultimately all options should be considered, including doing nothing. Another Thomas Sowell quote puts it perfectly:
“There are no solutions, there are only trade-offs; and you try to get the best trade-off you can get, that's all you can hope for.”
Thanks for the corrective info, i confused chlorination with fluoridation... as you likely know there are filters that take lead and chlorine out of public water i.e. NSA reverse osmosis water filters. Have used them for decades now at home and the difference between non filtered tap water and well filtered water is considerable.
One can get the benefit of chlorination as a disinfectant and then remove it at the filter right before the tap at point of use or at the whole house filter which would eliminate the chlorine fumes in the hot shower/tub. Chlorine gas is likely not something that should be breathed in or accepted as a trade off, not that you are suggesting that. Home and schools have similar exposure issues but schools having a much larger population exposure possibility makes your comment even more appropriate. Whole school filters might be a money saver rather than a filter on each water end point. The fluoride added to water is mysterious and is apparently not added to all water supplies but when protested meets stiff and rapid resistance despite the facts regarding fluoride harm.
Inexplicable! what on earth. why would they do this? there are so many attacks on our children... lead in water is but one but obviously a long standing and ongoing one. Is Raines and crew on the woke, leftist, globalist agenda band wagon? de-pop is one of their goals if I understand them correctly.
No, he is incompetent and the board is quite content in allowing his incompetence. Of course it doesn’t hurt that one of the board member’s sons works at the county office for 6 figures, it’s impressive how terrible they are at decisions.
The county spent/spends several thousand dollars on 7 Mindsets which is utterly useless, continues to spend thousands for Ombudsman, which is also ineffective and useless, yet can’t find the funds to purchase relatively inexpensive water filters? From someone who has spent over three decades in Walker County schools, it’s extremely frustrating to see once effective schools denigrate into a system handicapped by poor leadership and inaction.
Lead and chlorine can be filtered out of drinking water as well as chlorine just as the writer reveals. Expensive? More taxes for real stuff vs. padding the pockets of administrators? Check out where the tax money goes for public schools... is the lions share going for education of children? safety? or for the admins, top echelons, out of control pensions? could be interesting. may be dangerous to even talk about it. Seems accountability is lacking, secrecy/lack of transparency for some reason, smoke and mirrors responses.
ESPLOST spending is what shocks me—roughly 50% for athletic facilities. The state constitution requires a publicly funded education for every child, not publicly funded recreation. Look for a future article on this once I obtain the data and work out the math for exactly how many students participate in athletics and the spending per athlete.
They are corrupt POS
UV vs Chlorine ... why not UV instead of Chlorine. The savings or cost avoidance alone my help pay for filters which all together may have a short ROI/get well time frame?
https://www.tpomag.com/blog/2018/09/uv-vs-chlorine-for-wastewater-disinfection_sc_0039e
This thread is important, more important than most may realize. and here is another reason/fact that helps support the expose by Elliot. Note the chlorine effects, the gov't response to new info, and guess what has or is being done about it? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/clean-water-technology/
Along with the lead... is there any valid reason chlorination of the water supply should be done? If you try to oppose/stop this water addition be expecting immediate intense opposition from seemingly nowhere... sinister at best, diabolical at worst. tooth decay prevention... bah lony!
Chlorination is done to disinfect. It has the advantage of providing residual disinfection after the initial treatment. Before chlorination(or use of chloramines) cholera, typhoid fever, dysentery and hepatitis A killed thousands of U.S. residents annually. Drinking water chlorination and filtration have helped to virtually eliminate these diseases in the U.S. and other developed countries. E. Coli outbreaks have killed thousands in drinking supplies where residual disinfectant levels were inadequate.
George F. Will wrote a great column that relates to this issue years ago. In it, he said:
“The search for unpolluted drinking water is as old as civilization itself. As soon as there were mass human settlements, waterborne diseases like dysentery became a crucial population bottleneck. For much of human history, the solution to this chronic public-health issue was not purifying the water supply. The solution was to drink alcohol.”
Here is the link. https://www.sj-r.com/story/opinion/columns/2008/07/10/george-will-beer-facts-point/42960716007/
Yes, chlorination or any disinfection method has downsides. They must be considered. Ultimately all options should be considered, including doing nothing. Another Thomas Sowell quote puts it perfectly:
“There are no solutions, there are only trade-offs; and you try to get the best trade-off you can get, that's all you can hope for.”
Thanks for the corrective info, i confused chlorination with fluoridation... as you likely know there are filters that take lead and chlorine out of public water i.e. NSA reverse osmosis water filters. Have used them for decades now at home and the difference between non filtered tap water and well filtered water is considerable.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/clean-water-technology/
https://www.ada.org/resources/community-initiatives/fluoride-in-water/fluoridation-faqs (am not yelling, just cut/pasted the info below as is.)
QUICK FACTS
97% OF WESTERN EUROPE HAS REJECTED WATER FLUORIDATION
MANY CHILDREN NOW EXCEED RECOMMENDED DAILY FLUORIDE INTAKE FROM TOOTHPASTE ALONE.
FLUORIDE IS NOT A NUTRIENT.
64 STUDIES HAVE LINKED FLUORIDE WITH REDUCED IQ IN CHILDREN.
One can get the benefit of chlorination as a disinfectant and then remove it at the filter right before the tap at point of use or at the whole house filter which would eliminate the chlorine fumes in the hot shower/tub. Chlorine gas is likely not something that should be breathed in or accepted as a trade off, not that you are suggesting that. Home and schools have similar exposure issues but schools having a much larger population exposure possibility makes your comment even more appropriate. Whole school filters might be a money saver rather than a filter on each water end point. The fluoride added to water is mysterious and is apparently not added to all water supplies but when protested meets stiff and rapid resistance despite the facts regarding fluoride harm.
Inexplicable! what on earth. why would they do this? there are so many attacks on our children... lead in water is but one but obviously a long standing and ongoing one. Is Raines and crew on the woke, leftist, globalist agenda band wagon? de-pop is one of their goals if I understand them correctly.
No, he is incompetent and the board is quite content in allowing his incompetence. Of course it doesn’t hurt that one of the board member’s sons works at the county office for 6 figures, it’s impressive how terrible they are at decisions.