Ib tsab ntawv pom zoo los ntawm US Environmental Protection Agency yuav txo qis qhov pib ntawm cov hlau lead suav tias muaj kev phom sij - thiab yog li yuav tsum tau txo qis - ntawm cov plag tsev thiab qhov rais sills. Ntawm no, Milwaukee lub tsev xauj tsev raug tshawb xyuas rau cov hmoov txhuas thaum lub sijhawm tshuaj xyuas xyoo 2015. (Matt Campbell / Wisconsin Saib)
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News414 yog kev pabcuam kev tshaj xov xwm kev sib koom tes ntawm Wisconsin Saib thiab Milwaukee Cov Neeg Zej Zog Xov Xwm Pab uas hais txog cov teeb meem tshwj xeeb, kev txaus siab, kev xav thiab cov ntaub ntawv xav tau los ntawm cov neeg nyob hauv nroog Milwaukee cov zej zog. Xav paub ntau ntxiv ntawm peb lub vev xaib or sau npe rau peb qhov kev pabcuam texting ntawm no.

Lub hom phiaj kom txo tau cov hmoov txhuas raug rau menyuam yaus, Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv Ib Cheeb Tsam tseem tab tom tshaj tawm txoj cai uas yuav xav kom cov tswv tsev los ntxuav cov ntaub ntawv pov thawj ntawm cov hmoov lead hauv pem teb thiab lub qhov rais ntawm lub tsev ua ntej xyoo 1978 thiab cov chaw zov me nyuam.

Lub tswv yim, tshaj tawm thaum Lub Xya Hli, yuav txo qis qhov pib ntawm cov hlau lead suav tias muaj kev phom sij - thiab yog li yuav tsum tau txo qis - ntawm cov plag tsev thiab qhov rais sills. Nws tseem yuav txo qis plua plav-cov hmoov txhuas tshem tawm: ntau npaum li cas cov hlau lead tuaj yeem nyob twj ywm rau kev txo qis kom pom tias ua tiav. 

Cov tswv tsev tseem yuav tsis tas yuav tsum ua qhov kev sim ua kom muaj cov hmoov txhuas raws li qhov kev thov. Hauv Wisconsin, cov chaw saib xyuas kev noj qab haus huv hauv zos feem ntau xav tau kev kuaj tshuaj txhuas ntawm cov khoom tsuas yog tom qab tus menyuam pom tias muaj tshuaj lom tshuaj lom. Tab sis txoj cai EPA, yog tias ua tiav, tuaj yeem txo qhov tshwm sim ntawm 250,000 rau 500,000 Asmeskas cov menyuam yaus hnub nyoog qis dua rau xyoo, EPA kwv yees. 

Cov txheej txheem kev phom sij plua plav tam sim no yog 10 micrograms ib square feet (mcg / ft2) nyob rau hauv pem teb thiab 100 mcg / ft2 ntawm qhov rais sills. Qhov kev pom zoo yuav txo qis tus qauv mus rau ib qho kev tshaj tawm cov hlau lead ntau dua li xoom.

Cov qib tshem tawm raws li txoj cai tshiab yuav poob ntawm 10 mus rau 3 mcg / ft2 rau pem teb; los ntawm 100 mus rau 20 mcg / ft2 rau qhov rais sills; thiab los ntawm 400 mus rau 25 mcg / ft2 rau qhov rais troughs. EPA txiav txim siab cov qib qis tshaj plaws uas tuaj yeem ua tau "kev ntseeg siab thiab ua tau zoo."

Cov kev hloov pauv yuav ua kom muaj kev huv huv ntau dua ntawm cov khoom tsis zoo, hais tias Michael Mannan, tus thawj coj saib xyuas kev noj qab haus huv hauv tsev rau Milwaukee Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv. 

Mannan tau hais tias "Qhov ntawd tsuas yog txhais tau tias lawv yuav tsum ua haujlwm zoo dua thiab ua kom muaj plua plav tsawg dua nyob ntawd, uas yog qhov zoo," Mannan tau hais.

Lead yog ib qho neurotoxin uas ua rau lub hlwb thiab lub paj hlwb puas, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog rau cov menyuam yaus. Cov menyuam yaus tuaj yeem raug tshuaj lom los ntawm kev noj cov xim txhuas, cov hmoov lead-tainted dej, av, plua plav lossis lwm yam khoom siv lead ua.

Tsis muaj cov hlau lead hauv cov ntshav pom tau tias muaj kev nyab xeeb rau menyuam yaus, raws li tsoomfwv Lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv thiab Tiv Thaiv Kab Mob.

Txoj cai EPA tuaj yeem cuam tshuam loj rau cov tswv tsev, hais tias Heiner Giese, tus kws lij choj thiab tus neeg saib xyuas rau Rental Property Association of Wisconsin. Nws tuaj yeem cuam tshuam cov vaj tsev nyob vim tias cov tswv tsev yuav ceev faj ntau dua ntawm kev xauj tsev qub hauv Milwaukee vim kev ntshai ntawm pricier lead abatement, nws hais. 

"Kuv xav tias nws yuav ua rau cov tswv tsev tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm kev muaj vaj tse nyob hauv thaj chaw laus uas cov menyuam yaus nyob, vim tias tam sim no koj tab tom yuav tau txais daim ntawv xaj uas yuav kim thiab muaj peev xwm ua rau lub luag haujlwm," Giese hais.

EPA yog lees txais pej xeem cov lus pom ntawm qhov kev thov mus txog Lub Kaum Hli 2.

Wisconsin Watch (www.WisconsinWatch.org) koom tes nrog WPR, PBS Wisconsin, lwm yam xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab University of Wisconsin-Madison Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Kev Sau Xov Xwm thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus. Txhua yam haujlwm tsim, luam tawm, tshaj tawm lossis tshaj tawm los ntawm Wisconsin Watch tsis tas yuav cuam tshuam txog kev xav lossis kev xav ntawm UW-Madison lossis ib qho ntawm nws cov koom tes.

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Farrah Anderson yog Scripps Howard Fund Investigative Reporting Intern ntawm Wisconsin Watch thiab News414 rau lub caij ntuj sov xyoo 2023. Anderson kawm sau xov xwm hauv University of Illinois ntawm Urbana-Champaign. Tam sim no nws ua haujlwm ua tus tshaj xov xwm thiab podcast tus tswv tsev ntawm Illinois Public Media thiab tus neeg sau xov xwm ywj pheej rau Invisible Institute thiab The New York Times. Yav dhau los, nws tau ua haujlwm ua haujlwm tshaj tawm rau Illinois Public Media thiab St. Louis Public Radio.