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Today is the last day for Education Minister Zach Churchill to fulfill his modified commitment to publish the results of water testing for lead in Nova Scotia's schools: https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/province-breaks-commitment-to-publish-results-of-schools-lead-testing-union-raises-concerns-about-availability-of-drinking-water/ https://twitter.com/withwozney/status/1311284351951425536
Update: The department has posted the results https://www.ednet.ns.ca/water-test-results
They're in PDF format with each regional centre for education in a different file. This will take a while, but I'll put it all together and analyze the results. Stay tuned.
They're in PDF format with each regional centre for education in a different file. This will take a while, but I'll put it all together and analyze the results. Stay tuned.
I'm just going to post some findings as I go here.
The worst result in the Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education is 20 mg/L, or 20,000 parts per billion -- 4,000 times the Health Canada maximum. That result came from the "gym office" in Central Kings Rural High School.
The worst result in the Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education is 20 mg/L, or 20,000 parts per billion -- 4,000 times the Health Canada maximum. That result came from the "gym office" in Central Kings Rural High School.
A result from the science lab at Horton High School tested at 7.7 mg/L, or 7700 parts per billion -- 1,540 times the Health Canada maximum.
A result from the "Senior Gym-Boys Locker Room" at Central Kings Rural tested 4.3 mg/L -- 860 times the Health Canada guideline.
A result from the "Senior Gym-Boys Locker Room" at Central Kings Rural tested 4.3 mg/L -- 860 times the Health Canada guideline.
There were 2,162 tested conducted at AVRCE schools. 1,028 -- or 47.5% -- exceeded.
Results for 239 tests showed 0 mg/L. Results for 895 came back with an allowable level of lead.
Results for 239 tests showed 0 mg/L. Results for 895 came back with an allowable level of lead.
Out of 40, the only AVRCE school without at least one failed test for lead isn't really a school, it's the Middleton School Bus Garage.
Thread paused while I feed my kid and put him to bed.
I just deleted a number of tweets from this thread after noticing some errors in the datasets. Will continue after fixing.
