Fault Lines - The Poison in our Walls

At least half a million children in the United States have been poisoned by lead. And although it is totally preventable American children are still poisoned each day.
Lead in household paint - once marketed as durable and safe - became recognised as toxic, especially to children. It was banned in 1978, but lead paints still exist in tens of millions of older US homes.
Once it starts to flake, the paint chips and dust put lead into the air, soil and our bodies.
Children are the most susceptible to being poisoned because their bodies absorb the toxic metal at higher rates than adults.
Studies have shown that lead, especially at higher levels, can cause irreversible brain damage in children. Children who have suffered from lead poisoning are more likely to have lower IQs, long-term health problems, be diagnosed with ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and exhibit aggressive behaviour.
"These are kids who are not going to do well in school, who may drop out of school, may end up committing crimes, who then may end up going to prison," says Rachel Dissell, a reporter for The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
When lead was found in the water in the US city of Flint, Michigan, there was outrage from the public as well as federal officials. But at the time, according to some estimates, the city of Cleveland had almost three times the number of children suffering from lead poisoning.
"When you're holding a glass of water in Flint and you can see it's an odd colour and it smells bad. This just shouts 'we need to pay attention'. Lead in Cleveland and in most other cities is invisible. The problem is invisible and it always has been," says Brie Zeltner, a reporter for The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Federal dollars for lead poisoning prevention across the country have been severely cut in the past several years. Cleveland, which almost exclusively relied on that money, has had little else in place to prevent poisoning. The city requires no lead testing before home sales and it doesn't offer any public record of lead safe homes.
So what is being done to prevent lead poisoning? And why are American policymakers and communities not doing more to protect America's children?
Fault Lines travels to Cleveland, Ohio, to investigate the high levels of lead poisoning in children in the inner cities of America and ask how and why hundreds of children are still being poisoned by lead each year in the US.
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[@MariasBelieves]

This happened to my family in 1972. God healed my older brother❤😌. He almost died at age 1. My heart and prayers go out to these families.

[@kitty991]

Did he ever had any kind of side effect?

[@adamnazifi]

Its sickening watching them helpless, the people in power have absolutely no use

[@monsteroc7420]

by design.......

[@cetriyasArtnComicsChannel]

so they're going to take her baby away from her even though it's not her fault that the house had led that doesn't make sense and one and not enough time to find another place

[@jorgealexphoto]

Living in America

[@KhallelaB.]

Guys please forward this more people need to watch this.

[@stevendunn2501]

This was infuriating.

[@renemariegibson2583]

Aren't the landlords responsible for lead removal? Change the laws to make them accountable. Don't pay rent in a home that is making your family sick. Save the rent money and move somewhere safe. Eviction laws should protect families against slumlords. Sue the landlords for the families health damages, too.

[@THEactualTANIS]

oh my god this is atrociously underviewed!

[@Angelface11]

The city should be sued for that....how can you build and make downtown look nice while children are being poisoned. Someone has too be responsible.

[@robynbates7726]

Angel Face While I agree with that last comment instead of finding who to blame let's find to whom we should go to, to get the ball rolling on fixing this terrible problem. Charity begins at home but that doesn't mean it's the only place to look!

[@contaminationawareness9393]

Akbar contaminated himself when using the lead test swab on the windowsill with bare hands, then scratching his head. Shows how deep of a problem lead dust/flakes/particles and its range of contamination are. Also the wide range of applications lead is used in.

[@ktbrown7643]

Lead is also in ammunition...and Police are constantly exposed at the shooting range....and anyone else that frequents shooting ranges and handles ammunition on a regular basis...Lead is everywhere...It is not just a "poor" persons problem...this rabbit hole goes really deep..Lead is the first neurotoxin known to man.

[@blarmosanchez2593]

Gotta keep the cops aggressive and low IQ. Part of the job....

[@isaiahreese1158]

Help our kids with lead lord

[@gennsantos3432]

what kind of paint is responsible for this lead poisoning/ BOYSEN? ha ha ha ha

[@Chartoise]

If they properly maintained their houses, the lead problem wouldve been a lot lower.

[@blarmosanchez2593]

No it wouldn't. It's in the windows which al need to be replaced and the paint, painting over it wouldn't work they would have to sand every wall in the house and expose themselves to much more lead in the process. That's the landlord's responsibility and he should be sued for poisoning this family. The city got tons of federal money to fix the issue and it was stolen instead of going to help people like it was supposed to

[@aservantsoftheownerofdeath3952]

Well u can ask Taylor swift while she's more attached to animal's care in Africa, wondering why don't u look charity from biggest Hollywood stars who've been spending too much like Kardashian will Smith etc, including Donald Trumph, bcos me as an Asians we've more poorer, no're like broken houses but have a car, anyway..

[@robynbates7726]

Touche

[@aryanwey4943]

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[@Zeratul187]

Seriously , your gonna do that here..... Seriously, A video which is talking about Elevated levels of lead in 5 yr old kid...... Pathetic