Ob tus neeg tsim cai lij choj ywj pheej los ntawm Madison thiab Milwaukee tab tom thov tsab cai lij choj uas xav kom lub xeev ua qhov ntsuas dej kais dej thaum menyuam yaus raug tshuaj lom. Qhov kev ntsuas kuj tseem yuav txo qis qhov uas lub xeev yuav tsum tau tshawb xyuas qhov chaw ntawm cov hlau lead hauv tus menyuam cov ntshav.
Txoj cai tam sim no xav kom Wisconsin Department of Health Services ua tshawb xyuas cov xim, hmoov av thiab av raws li qhov chaw ntawm cov hmoov txhuas thiab tom qab ntawd tsuas yog thaum cov ntshav cov ntshav ntawm tus menyuam yog 15 lossis 20 micrograms ib deciliter lossis siab dua, nyob ntawm txoj kev kuaj, raws li daim ntawv sau nqi.
Madison Rep. Chris Taylor thiab Milwaukee Rep. LaTonya Johnson tau pib tshaj tawm tsab cai lij choj rau hnub Friday. Nws yuav txo qis qhov xav tau kev tshawb xyuas mus rau 5 micrograms ib deciliter lossis siab dua, uas yog lub ntsiab lus ntawm kev lom tshuaj txhuas siv los ntawm tsoomfwv Lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv thiab Tiv Thaiv Kab Mob. Hauv 2014, ze li ntawm 4,000 Wisconsin cov menyuam yaus sau npe nyob rau theem ntawd.
Qhov ntsuas kuj tseem hu kom tau nyiaj ntxiv $500,000 rau kev tshawb nrhiav thawj coj. Ib qho teeb meem rau kev hla yuav yog $20 lab txwv uas Gov. Scott Walker tau hais txog kev siv nyiaj ntxiv rau qhov kev sib tham no.
cov pej xeem kev noj qab haus huv ntsoog hauv Flint, Michigan, tau qhia txog kev phom sij ntawm cov dej haus muaj hmoov lead. Lead yog ib qho muaj zog neurotoxin uas tuaj yeem ua rau lub hlwb puas tsuaj, nrog rau kev txawj ntse qis thiab txhaum thaum laus. Ib txoj kev kawm ntawm Milwaukee cov menyuam kawm ntawv khi teeb meem coj cwj pwm hauv tsev kawm ntawv mus rau theem siab ntawm cov hlau lead.
“Cov theem no yog nyob deb nroog, suburban, nroog. Lawv nyob hauv cov zej zog Republican. Lawv nyob hauv cov zej zog ywj pheej, ”Taylor hais. "Peb yuav tsum tau daws qhov teeb meem no thoob plaws lub xeev."
Taylor tau hais tias nws qhov kev thov tuaj yeem teb rau Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism tsis tu ncua Ua tsis tiav ntawm Faucet series, uas pom tau hais tias cov dej kais dej tsis tshua muaj kev tshawb xyuas los ntawm cov khoom siv lead ua lom txawm hais tias muaj kev pheej hmoo zoo ntawm cov dej haus los ntawm cov kav dej uas muaj txhuas. Tus tsim cai lij choj tau hais tias nws nrhiav pom tias Wisconsin txoj hauv kev tau dhau los ntawm tsoomfwv CDC cov qauv.
Nws tau hais tias "Peb xav tau peb zaug kev lom ntawm cov menyuam yaus ua ntej muaj qhov yuav tsum tau ua kom ib puag ncig saib xyuas los ntawm DHS," nws hais. “Qhov ntawd tsuas yog siab dhau lawm. Qhov ntawd yog qhov hnyav, hnyav hlau lead paug.
"Peb daim nqi ua dab tsi yog sim kom tau txais nws (tus qauv) hloov tshiab, tab sis nws kuj hais tias koj yuav tsum tau sim cov hmoov txhuas hauv cov xim thiab dej."
Taylor tau hais tias nws tsis paub meej tias tam sim no muaj kev tshawb nrhiav ntau npaum li cas los ntawm DHS, thiab tus kws tshaj lij lub koom haum Stephanie Smiley tau tawm ntawm chaw ua haujlwm rau hnub Friday yav tav su.
Lub Center kuj pom tias Wisconsin muaj tsawg kawg yog 176,000 txoj kab kev pabcuam ua rau vaj tse thiab vaj tse. Tsis tas li ntawd, ntau lub tsev laus muaj cov kav dej sab hauv uas muaj cov hmoov txhuas, nrog rau cov faucets, solder thiab cov yeeb nkab txuas.
Milwaukee muaj kwv yees li 70,000 txoj kab kev pabcuam. Ze li ntawm 2,200 tus menyuam yaus hauv Milwaukee - lossis 8.6 feem pua ntawm cov neeg kuaj - tau nce ntshav cov tshuaj lead hauv xyoo 2014, raws li cov ntaub ntawv tsis ntev los no muaj. Hauv lub xeev, qhov feem pua yog 4.5 feem pua. Madison tau xav tias yog thawj lub nroog loj hauv lub tebchaws los hloov tag nrho nws cov kev pabcuam ua haujlwm nrog tooj liab.
Qhov kev kub ntxhov hauv Flint tau tshwm sim los ntawm ib feem los ntawm ob npaug ntawm feem pua ntawm cov menyuam yaus raug lom rau 4.9 feem pua ntawm cov kev sim, ib qho kev nce ntxiv rau cov hlau lead uas leached los ntawm cov kav dej tom qab lub nroog cov dej tshiab tsis tau kho nrog cov tshuaj tiv thaiv corrosive.
Lub hli tas los, Milwaukee tau tshaj tawm cov koom haum hauv lub xeev tias nws npaj yuav txwv tsis pub hloov cov dej hauv cov dej hauv ib feem ntawm lub nroog ntawd vim tias txoj haujlwm no tau pom tias yuav tshem tawm cov hmoov txhuas los ntawm cov kev pabcuam, ua rau muaj kev phom sij loj hauv cov dej haus.
Hauv tsab ntawv tshaj tawm tshaj tawm tsab cai lij choj, Johnson tau hais tias nws tau pom qhov kev puas tsuaj loj uas ua rau cov menyuam yaus hnub nyoog qis dua 6 xyoo uas nws lub hlwb loj hlob tuaj yeem raug cuam tshuam ntau tshaj plaws.
Johnson tau hais tias "Kuv tau khiav kev saib xyuas menyuam yaus rau qee qhov ntawm Milwaukee cov tsev neeg txom nyem tshaj plaws tau 10 xyoo, thiab tau pom ua ntej txog kev mob siab rau uas ua rau muaj kev puas tsuaj rau tus menyuam yaus," Johnson hais. "Wisconsin yuav tsum coj Flint qhov kev kub ntxhov raws li kev ceeb toom."
Nws tau hais tias tshwj tsis yog lub xeev nkag mus, cov menyuam yaus yuav raug tshuaj lom thiab ua rau lawv lub neej ploj mus ib txhis.
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