미국 환경보호청(EPA)는 플린트시 식수에서 납 농도를 측정하는 샘플링의 기금으로 버지니아공대에 8만 달러의 보조금을 지원한다고 밝혔다.

 

이번 주부터 버지니아공대의 연구진은 지난 2015년 8월에 처음으로 샘플을 채취했던 271 플린트시 거주지에서 물 샘플을 수집하기 위해 주민들과 협력할 예정이다. 버지니아공대의 샘플링 및 분석은 플린트시 식수 내의 납 농도를 저감시키고 정량화하는 데 도움이 될 것으로 보인다.

 

 

 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced an $80,000 grant to Virginia Tech University which will fund sampling to measure lead levels in Flint’s drinking water. Beginning this week, Virginia Tech researchers will work with residents to collect water samples from the 271 Flint residences that were first sampled in August 2015.

 

Virginia Tech’s sampling and analysis will help quantify reductions in lead levels in Flint's drinking water that have occurred since the city switched back to Detroit water in October and began adding more phosphates to reduce corrosion in December.

 

EPA's Flint Safe Drinking Water Task Force is overseeing the work required under the Agency's January 2016 emergency order to the city and state. The Agency continues to recommend that Flint residents use NSF-certified filters in their homes to remove lead. EPA’s latest sampling results confirm that these filters are effective in removing lead from drinking water.

 

Bottled water is still the safest option for vulnerable populations, including pregnant and breast-feeding women and children under six years old. Use only bottled water for water, food and formula given to babies under 1 year old. Everyone else should use bottled or filtered water for drinking and cooking.

 

EPA recommends that residents clean out their faucet aerators once a week until the Flint water system has recovered.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2016년 3월 1일]