Troubling News About Lead in Water Not Being Broadcast By Media

17. January 2010 by Carol Whitaker.

Knowing how dangerous lead can be, as most of us know with all the regulations over the years and the removal of lead from paints and jewelry and children’s toys, it is a puzzle that I have seen nothing in the media addressing the news about the letter written by Broward County’s Port Everglades’ Director stating that six sites at their water distribution center had levels of lead in them higher than allowed by law.

The letter gave few details.

I contacted several news agencies, including local televisions WSVN - Channel 7, the Sun Sentinel newspaper and the Broward edition of New Times when I saw the letter posted at my local downtown Publix at 17 street near Port Everglades.

I still haven’t seen or heard any details about the lead in the water from any of these media outlets.

While I understand that the circumstances in Haiti are devastating and important news, I don’t understand why this other important local news, which could spell danger to an unknown number of people here at home in Ft. Lauderdale,  has not been brought to the public’s attention here locally, as yet.

Surely, putting out at least a notice of some sort, as warning to people in the area would be the right thing to do, until all the details can be learned from Broward County and Port Everglades about the levels of lead in the drinking water system.

The lack of news and details about this finding, is as troubling as the news of the finding of high levels of lead in drinking water distributions systems at Port Everglades.

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