Lead poisoning of children is a huge national problem, but lawmakers aren’t nearly as concerned as the puppets on Sesame Street, who team up with John Oliver to spread the message again – just as they did twenty years ago!
While we often hear about Flint, Michigan, lead is seeping into the drinking water of people in 50 states. This may sound like a national emergency to you, but not to Congress who voted down HUD funding – effectively assuring the continued poisoning of children.
Mercifully there is an uplifting message and hope in this report. Some claim it’s ‘too expensive’ to remove lead from the environment. Even the animated carpet scraps know that merely in terms of dollars and cents, the government is money ahead by removing lead. The argument that it’s the right thing to do, may only work in election years.