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7th graders class project finds lead in tap water at New Orleans school
Posted on 4/1/19 at 7:47 pm
Posted on 4/1/19 at 7:47 pm
NEW ORLEANS — Drinking fountains at the Homer Plessy Community School in New Orleans were covered in plastic Monday to keep students from drinking the water.
This comes after a seventh grader's class project turned up traces of lead in the water at the school.
Berr Voss-Potts, 13, tested the water with an off-the-shelf test kit. "I thought it would be cool to test the water because it's an old building," Voss-Potts said.
The test came back positive.
"There might be a dangerous amount of lead in the water," Voss-Potts said. "We've been here for two years. It like kind of surprising that we're just finding out about it." principal Meghan Raychaudhuri.
"The test that was conducted was not scientifically conclusive or in line with scientific guidelines, but it did show the possible contamination of lead and/or pesticides and recommended additional testing," Raychaudhuri said. "We're really excited that Berr picked a topic that was not just important to our school, but important to the city." How much are we paying these city employees again?
This comes after a seventh grader's class project turned up traces of lead in the water at the school.
Berr Voss-Potts, 13, tested the water with an off-the-shelf test kit. "I thought it would be cool to test the water because it's an old building," Voss-Potts said.
The test came back positive.
"There might be a dangerous amount of lead in the water," Voss-Potts said. "We've been here for two years. It like kind of surprising that we're just finding out about it." principal Meghan Raychaudhuri.
"The test that was conducted was not scientifically conclusive or in line with scientific guidelines, but it did show the possible contamination of lead and/or pesticides and recommended additional testing," Raychaudhuri said. "We're really excited that Berr picked a topic that was not just important to our school, but important to the city." How much are we paying these city employees again?
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Posted on 4/1/19 at 7:49 pm to BowDownToLSU
But it’s important that we rename I-10 after the Saints. 
Posted on 4/1/19 at 7:51 pm to BowDownToLSU
Eh, all water contains some miniscule amount of lead.
Quantification matters.
Quantification matters.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 7:54 pm to BowDownToLSU
But did the confederate monuments put it there?
Posted on 4/1/19 at 7:56 pm to BowDownToLSU
Meh would expect much worse
Posted on 4/1/19 at 7:56 pm to TigerNAtux
quote:
But it’s important that we rename I-10 after the Saints.
not sure what one has to do with the other, but aiight.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 7:57 pm to BowDownToLSU
What shitty science project...there may be lead or pesticide in water...no shite. Send a goddamn sample off before you write a damn story, does the truth even fricking matter anymore?
Posted on 4/1/19 at 7:58 pm to BowDownToLSU
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Berr Voss-Potts
This kid is doomed already
Posted on 4/1/19 at 8:04 pm to BowDownToLSU
I have bad news for these people. There’s a lot more than lead in the tap water.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 8:22 pm to BowDownToLSU
quote:
The test that was conducted was not scientifically conclusive or in line with scientific guidelines, but it did show the possible contamination of lead and/or pesticides
Jesus Christ
Posted on 4/1/19 at 8:26 pm to Ingeniero
quote:
quote:
Berr Voss-Potts
This kid is doomed already
..I'd foriegn exchange to Germany or Austria and kick arse.
Or norway..become a supervillain, create "Voss water" and poison the water with lead.
This post was edited on 4/1/19 at 8:34 pm
Posted on 4/1/19 at 8:32 pm to BowDownToLSU
quote:
In response to the discovery, the Orleans Parish School Board released the following this statement:
"Due to low water pressure in the building, we were unable to install water filtration systems this morning at Plessy School as planned. However, OPSB delivered more than 2,000 water bottles at the school today and will continue to make sure students have access to drinkable water as we work to install those water filtration systems as a precaution. We've placed an emergency order for booster pumps which are needed in order to fully install filtration systems in school buildings with low water pressure."
If this doesn’t scream NOLA I don’t know what does. Posted on 4/1/19 at 8:54 pm to BowDownToLSU
quote:
“There might be a dangerous amount of lead in the water," Voss-Potts said. "We've been here for two years. It like kind of surprising that we're just finding out about it." principal Meghan Raychaudhuri.
How is it surprising if no one has bothered to test the water before?
Posted on 4/1/19 at 8:56 pm to Ingeniero
quote:
Berr Voss-Potts
Newman will read this and offer him an academic scholarship
Posted on 4/1/19 at 9:03 pm to BowDownToLSU
quote:What an odd response.
it did show the possible contamination of lead and/or pesticides and recommended additional testing," Raychaudhuri said. "We're really excited
This post was edited on 4/1/19 at 9:04 pm
Posted on 4/1/19 at 9:04 pm to BowDownToLSU
I wonder if that school administration took an adversarial stand on the recent racial tensions in St. Louis?
Plessy vs Ferguson
Plessy vs Ferguson
Posted on 4/1/19 at 9:20 pm to BowDownToLSU
in the old days, water pipes were actually made of lead, so of course there is going to be traces of lead in an old school that is in an old part of town. This shite is just alarmist, but really means nothing to the health and safety of the students.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 9:25 pm to Spankum
quote:
in the old days, water pipes were actually made of lead, so of course there is going to be traces of lead in an old school that is in an old part of town. This shite is just alarmist, but really means nothing to the health and safety of the students.
Why do you think lead pipes went the way of the dodo bird?
Posted on 4/1/19 at 9:29 pm to slackster
A contributing factor of the fall of Rome was the nobility eschewed the terra cotta pipes and favored the less intrusive lead pipes for generations.
Enhancing the madness and decline of the ruling class.
Enhancing the madness and decline of the ruling class.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 10:18 pm to slackster
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Why do you think lead pipes went the way of the dodo bird?
Because they have more give in them when soils are differentially compacted?
Because you don't have to dig a twenty foot long trench to repair a split?
Because it's easier to put a bar down to audibly check for leakage?
I've seen a repair to a split lead pipe. Inelegant. And the pipe? Non of the lead was touching the water, there was a presumable carbonate lining to it about an eighth of an inch thick.
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