Perth / Western Australia

What the fuck

Read the article in The West. The lead was originally identified in four sources I believe, two of which “had patient access” and “exceeded the recommended levels”.

Of course, being The West, the article did not mention where the sources were. An unused carpark tap is accessible by patients. A sink in the back of the cleaning room could count as a source. The article also did not specify by how much each source breached the recommended levels. Does 0.001% over count as a breach? Or are we talking a 50% lead to water ratio?

Deposits of minerals were apparently found in filters for faucets that had not been regularly used, and replacing the filter reduced the reading to safe levels. So they could have been old faucets that had not been replaced since the initial incident? If this is a huge scandal, where’s the actual information?

The whole scandal was obviously leaving big bits of info out to weave a narrative. Every man and his dog is talking about ‘accountability’ and asking why PCH didn’t reveal this, but we all know if they announced there was small levels of lead in unused faucets, that parents would go off their nut and catastrophise. If they are doing regular testing (which they must be if they found these breaches) and are quarantining any areas that are unsafe, then they are doing their jobs well without causing mass-panic.

Something the West doesn’t believe in.