Jack Caravanos

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Jack Caravanos

Jack Caravanos

@JCaravanos

Professor, Env Health, New York University

New York City เข้าร่วม Aralık 2011
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Jack Caravanos
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ICYMI: Senator Markey Hosts Roundtable in Western Massachusetts on Threat of Lead Contamination from Degrading Telecommunications Cables, Finds Unsafe Levels of Lead After Testing Cables Today in Chicopee markey.senate.gov/news/press-rel…
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In the last few hours, things have gotten worse. NYC is at 'unhealthy", NJ is at "very unhealthy" and Scranton is at "HAZARDOUS". We've not seen levels like this since the early 1970’s. See fire.airnow.gov
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I just did the math! The CDC reference blood Pb level is 3.5 micrograms / 100 mls of blood. Seems very low, right? Well for a 2 yr old child that equates to about 101.7 trillion Pb molecules circulating in their body! Each Pb lead molecule should be view…lnkd.in/gFAcrw7s
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Jack Caravanos
Jack Caravanos@JCaravanos·
The CDC reference blood Pb level is 3.5 micrograms / 100 mls of blood. Seems very low, right? Well for a 2 yr old child that equates to about 101.7 trillion Pb molecules circulating in their body! Each Pb lead molecule should be viewed as a bullet that can hit sensitive tissue.
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