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This week we read an article tilted Philly's shame: City ignores thousands of poisoned kids. This article talked about the extremely high levels of lead in the poorer parts of the city of Philadelphia. The children in these rented houses would eat old paint chips that would start to peel off. The lead paint chips had a sweet taste to them which is just like candy for these kids. Exposure to lead can cause anemia, weakness, and kidney and brain damage. This issue can be resolved by the landlords of these rented houses start fixing the old paint in houses and we need treating every kid who already has lead poisoning, not just the really sick ones. Yes, we believe this is an environmental justice issues because environmental justice is the involvement of all people and certain kids who have lead poisoning aren’t even getting treated.

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The lead level of SLA @ Beeber is 11%

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Our Understanding of Environmental Justice

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So we believe that this issue in the article is an environmental justice issue because one of the main parts of environmental justice includes the fair treatment and involvement of all people and certain kids who have lead poisoning aren’t even getting treated.

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We know that the lead poisoning issue in Philadelphia is very bad because thousands of kids every year are being exposed to lead poisoning which is causing them to being hurt mentally as well other parts of the body like the heart, kidneys, and bones. What makes it worse is that nobody in Philadelphia is really doing anything about it. The Public Safety Department has said they would like to help them but because of a lack of money, resources, and staff, they couldn't really get around to it which we think is stupid. It's almost like they're not trying or caring.

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exposure to lead can result in lower IQ,ADHD, Nerve damage or even a coma

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Exposure to lead can cause rapid heart beat and exposure as a child can lead high blood pressure in your later life.

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Exposure to lead can cause a a stop to the development of there bones and stunt growth

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Exposure to lead can cause kidney failure, bloody urine, and vomiting.

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Laker, Barbara, et al. “Philly Ignores Thousands of Kids Poisoned by Lead Paint.” Philly.com, Philly.com, 29 Oct. 2016, www.philly.com/philly/news/Philadelphia_ignores_thousands_of_kids_poisoned_by_lead_paint.html.