Colorado state chemist caught manipulating data, impacting thousands of water samples, documents say

[@JSMCPN]

CDPHE has been covering up the Prairie View Ranch water disaster since 2007. They chose to ignore consumer complaints for a full 10 years until 2017, and then took meaningless action against the violator. Their water is still black 7 years after the violation was issued, and CDPHE denies they had any knowledge of Prairie View until 2017, but they have records on it dating back to 2004.

[@user55890]

this is what happens when non-qualified individuals are placed or appointed to these positions -- or tenured associates who go unchecked in their behaviors/habits at work

[@southgpfi]

No it's just laziness 😒 stop being a racist ok 😢

[@BackyardDogPark9862]

You talking about the next/last president's incoming cabinet? I'll be impressed if they don't give Alaska to Russia for free or let Jared Kushner manage the Social Security fund while charging 2% annual fees.

[@francismarion6400]

shut up and trust the science.

[@1topbaron559]

You sound like you are talking about trump right there lol.

[@francismarion6400]

@@1topbaron559 Fauci is a demoncrap.

[@windlinewatersports]

More colorado corruption

[@PlanePreacher]

No, never, a state employee would never manipulate data. And the state government employees would never cover it up! They are above reproach, just ask them!

[@joestueckrath5275]

This has to be criminal

[@kikaree]

Confidence in Colorado's judicial and executive branches of government is disappearing fast.

[@AliceR27]

I want to know what "major incidents" means and what test manipulation means.

[@seymorefact4333]

to many questions! WE ALL HAVE HAD worse things in our mouths.

[@scotthensley8083]

An incident is when your neighbor gets sick. A major incident is when you get sick.

[@DebbieAppelhans]

Cheap robbing the people's of clean waters 💧, so they fake the Testing fake 😮so could be drinking shit waters 💧 and pee and dead animals waters Poison water lead laced water, dangerous. Drinking water gas films that animal fishes name of nature's wildest dreams. It's like drinking a mixed drink set for this one's a deadly dream to your lifeline.

[@Machistmo]

I sent the Governors office an email. Why dont you do the same? ITs super hard- takes like 12 seconds to get his address and 15 seconds to type out a - HEY WTF email?

[@AliceR27]

@Machistmo I agree with you!

[@hbuels7125]

Well finally. Some real News and accountability for the people without one sided opinions and slander. I'd say I'm proud but you're still not providing many facts. Like who, what company, what type of tests and how they've been rigged.

[@southgpfi]

Rigged no 😂😂😂 flat earthers yes 😂😂😂

[@donvirts4608]

Don't worry the water is completely safe and there's no illegal immigrant gangs.

[@patrickcarpenter6258]

Is anyone surprised?

[@Turk_]

Could have hired me but went with the nepotism hire instead.

[@huh4233]

I think you'll find this individual "failed upward". Probably has coasted into making a career out of hiding inside the lab for years. Now she is known, finally.

[@capthook1]

It’s been Cali-rodo for sometime now, what’d you expect- quality people making sound decisions for the people? Thanks Polis.

[@Machistmo]

yes it is what I expected. I expect this crap from republicans.

[@TimeSurfer206]

No, Darling, this is what happens when you lived in a small town for so long that you got phat, dumm, and lazy, and didn't realize you is now "Da beeg siddy," and people are watching you.

[@jerryt9376]

Welcome to Colofornia

[@MysteryGrey]

What the heck kind of world do we live in?

[@ledheaded12]

A blue Colorado 😢

[@HappyValleyDreamin]

Way too many repubs!

[@francismarion6400]

Progress takes patience.

[@canyonero2050]

Lol. You must still be 12 years old

[@RogerSmith-lc9lo]

The government will take care of you 😂

[@sochin33]

This was a pretty vague reporting. What data was manipulated and how? How do the "improper" water analyses compare to the correct ones? I am in no way defending sloppy science, especially with respect to drinking water, however more details would have helped this story.

[@katiesioux7757]

Did want to scare away the big money developers and thise they sell to Greedy, disgusting Colorado

[@nnonotnow]

What was the motive for misusing the testing process? Incompetence? Or was there something else

[@thedragonmatrix]

Not a surprise, its Colorado.

[@harryedmunds6652]

When you have total DemocRAT control of a state, any state, this is what you get in return! Until Colorado voters pull their heads out from where the sun doesn't shine, we should expect more of the same. A good example is the fiasco in the Secretary of State's office with the voting machines passcodes and the coverup.

[@Machistmo]

Brawndo's™ got electrolytes though?!

[@frankdank7439]

What is it with democrapic states and bad water?

[@m.someone6792]

There was no public health risk, these reporters do not seem to have read any of the reports they were given. Copper levels were being misreported en mass by a single individual but were still within the acceptable range. I'm more curious about the moron who decided not to do their job and how long it took to notice what they were doing since it could have been a danger.

[@forkoffgoogle]

You get what you vote for.

[@s.mic.3329]

I doubt she was voted in. These ABC agencies are beyond the voter process

[@DebbieAppelhans]

All for greedy money 💰 🤑 💸 greedy 😈

[@novohammer6176]

One more reason to drink beer At least it’s purified water!!

[@francismarion6400]

Venezuelan cerveza amigo!

[@Machistmo]

no it isnt. Its water from local sources. Read that cheap ass can.

[@novohammer6176]

@@Machistmo and it is purified and filtered idk what beer you drink ?!

[@Machistmo]

@@novohammer6176 sure it is...

[@johngayder9249]

That’s what the early Egyptians did. True story.

[@kirkellis4329]

"Data manipulation" means someone compared original data to the data reported, yet this report cannot provide even ON example of the type of manipulation ? Were data adjusted to show higher or lower levels ? Maybe thrown at and general average values used for everything ? No testing actually done, just samples assigned bogus values at random ? This is terrible journalism.

[@m.someone6792]

It appears that a chemist was misreporting the copper levels as being lower than they actually are, though the actual levels are still considered within the safe range. I'm curious why they didn't just enter the actual data.

[@kfalzgraf]

Nice What about immune compromised people? One bacteria could mess up or kill someone. Better get busy and get a third party who won't lie. Then do a side by side comparison Two identical collections. Test one by 3rd party and one by the state. Hmm

[@michaeldominy5526]

Well if immunodeficient people stopped having kids then we wouldn’t have so many of them in our society.

[@ruffrider2626]

Immune compromised people so worried about things they're drinking tap water out of old pipes?

[@francismarion6400]

Like the covid vaccinated

[@tocandycane19]

​@francismarion6400 are you from one of the impacted districts? youre sounding confused

[@francismarion6400]

@@tocandycane19 Germany proved this. Are you a cave dweller still?

[@rocketraccoon1976]

Why I drink filtered, bottled water. 😒

[@gmfitzg]

Corruption under Democrat rule? Ya don't say 🤦‍♂ Was this DEI hire??

[@AliceR27]

What are you, a 6yo? Democrat? How do you figure this has anything to do with politics? You do realize under Trump, he has vowed to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency altogether, right? That means no oversight at all!

[@deekang6244]

Corporations run by Trump, actually.

[@Dharmarenee]

There is no hope for you.

[@CoolHand273]

I don't quite get it. These government jobs you get paid regardless of the result. In fact if there are problems you go to the city/county and ask for more money and grow your power and influence within the bureaucracy.

[@rickv5833]

Was there not failed DNA testing and now water testing. Where has all the money gone for basically lack of oversight.

[@wilmerdavis9688]

i love how when someone lies to the peoole it always is somehow a lack of funding is part of the problem. 🤔

Our water is not safe. Must address this your self.

[@francismarion6400]

Its times like these we just need to pull our pants up and trust the science.

[@anonone8954]

Colorado should not be using this water and selling it to consumers when its a known health problem. Action needs to be taken immediately to stop this.

[@californiadreamer2580]

Why was this person allowed to resign? They should have been fired months ago.

[@ColoradoCarnivoreCabinetGuy]

Yep...

[@Rose-eb3in]

This is wild

[@Del_987]

How exactly was the data manipulated?

[@francismarion6400]

Same as "2 weeks to flatten the curve".😂

[@Terryg1968]

I wonder if getting this information out sooner would have effected the election.

[@ll.111]

Why is it surprising? It’s Colorado lol.

[@HappyValleyDreamin]

Meaning what exactly?

[@francismarion6400]

​@@HappyValleyDreaminPeople that don't care as long as they can get high.

[@JohnSitton-ub5nv]

Who got fired ?

[@PeaceOfGrace-m9i]

Colorado Gov has learned well to follow the guidelines of the last 4 years. Shut up and keep your distance unless you want to kiss my…

[@anonone8954]

Isn't this the same water that Coors beer is brewed with? How many other drink companies use this water?

[@ScottKimball-q4b]

Does the chemist work for the Secretay of State?

[@jaymacpherson8167]

So the sole piece of data provided in this story is a table of copper concentrations. All concentrations were well below the EPA limit of 1.3 mg/L. Copper is an essential mineral to human health. Thus the story provides no evidence of a threat to human health. All the story does is note a third-party review that proper quality control and quality assurance procedures were not met in the lab and that the state did not make this public quickly (maybe because there was not threat to human health?). Analytical chemistry procedures can be rather detailed, and if not properly adhered to put in question the accurate values of the results, not whether the results indicate a threat. For instance, if the result came out 0.5 mg/L when it should’ve been 0.65 mg/L, that is a serious QAQC issue. However, that does not mean the errors were so large that a public health threat existed. And sadly, the story provides no information, indicating whether that was the case or not.

[@m.someone6792]

It seems like there was very little to report outside of a chemist being lazy and incompetent but this station wanted it to seem like a public health issue to generate interest so made their report as vague and alarming as possible.

[@gtp65]

Weird 🤭

[@johngayder9249]

And yet some people will still continue to worship the government. 😂

[@Resist_JWO_1984]

Some? Do you mean 150+ million who voted?

[@HappyValleyDreamin]

I bet I know what side of the isle he's on!

[@franksnyder1357]

Water purity? Fish screw in it.

[@Dharmarenee]

That’s what water treatment facilities are for do you not understand how your municipal system works?

[@franksnyder1357]

@@Dharmarenee Do you live in your Mom's basement?

[@seymorefact4333]

that explains the third leg i'm growing! WE ALL HAVE HAD worse things in our mouths.

[@southgpfi]

Its the fluoride 😂😂😂

[@2big2fail01]

Colorado is waste of space.

[@jenniferrexford2938]

I knew it

[@Memememe-is1yn]

"Culture of fear" = DEI.

[@The1change]

yep.

[@WhyDoYouNotThinkForYourself]

TRUST THE SCIENCE 😂😂

[@Machistmo]

You mean like water? From the Toilet.

[@rossanderson7875]

We take pride in our pure rocky mountain sewer water. Just ask COORS. LOL