Worst Slumlords Ever Oakland Unified School District has a lead problem. As a student at an Oakland school, this is a real problem in my life.

Oakland schools’ lead
danger is unresolved

Re: “What threat does lead poisoning pose to Oakland Unified students?” (Aug. 29).

Oakland Unified School District has a lead problem. As a student at an Oakland school, this is a real problem in my life.

I have been warned against drinking from the water fountains and told to use the FloWater stations instead, but these are often out of order. Many OUSD schools were built before the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 was passed, meaning there are many lead pipes.

The district acknowledges this, but as replacing pipes would be very costly, they have not done anything to rectify this massive health risk. Most people don’t know that the disturbing results of lead tests on all of the schools in OUSD are available on their website. I was horrified to learn that many of the water fountains I see people use every day contain lead.

OUSD has a lot of work to do on transparency and reducing health risks.

Naomi Wilson
Oakland

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