Water Testing at Avi’s School

My friend Carissa wrote our Oregon Representative & Senator about my son Avi’s Lead testing of his school’s fountains.

My friend Carissa wrote our Oregon Representative & Senator about my son Avi’s Lead testing of his school’s fountains.

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Sent to Senator Kathaleen Taylor & Representative Karin Power   Date Sent: June 4, 2019   Dear Rep Power and Senator Taylor,   I am contacting you because Sellwood Middle School is in your district.   I wanted to bring to your attention an excellent piece of work by 14 year old citizen scientist, Avi Rubin,…

My name is Avi Rubin. I’m 14. I was lead poisoned as a baby in 2005. Today (in 2019) my school is poisoning my friends.

My name is Avi Rubin. I’m 14. I was lead poisoned as a baby in 2005. Today (in 2019) my school is poisoning my friends.

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Tuesday, June 4, 2019 Portland, Oregon My mom is one of the leading experts on Lead Poisoning Prevention in the world. She started doing Lead Poisoning Prevention advocacy because I was acutely Lead-Poisoned as a baby (when I was 7 months old.) [See Avi’s story here.] I have been very interested in her work for…