Fruitvale, Oakland | Lead poisoning in the Bay Area

Описание: Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood has a vibrant immigrant community, which seems to have evaded the gentrification that has long plagued surrounding Bay Area cities. Although the culture and history of Fruitvale have remained intact, a lack of development, along with other factors of environmental racism, has created a lead crisis affecting residents. Many houses in Oakland were built before a federal ban on lead paint was put in place, and over decades paint chips containing lead have been ingested by children, entered the soil or drinking supply. The long-term effects of lead exposure can cause severe developmental delay in children, and physical ailments and damage to reproductive health in adults, such as miscarriages, stillbirths or lowered sperm counts. In this video, Kayla Li explores the effects of lead exposure in the neighborhood, and what’s being done about it.

Produced by Kayla Li, Robert Wilson, Anna Zhang, Kayla Shiao and Josette Thornhill
Voiced and Edited by Kayla Li
Associates: Alyce Thornhill, Kimberly Woo, Georgia Pertsch, Granger Brenneman, Stephanie Wong, Lily Navab, Kati Sandoval, Shriya Jayanthi, Maia Bhaumik and Vidushi Mittal

Read the accompanying article here: https://aragonoutlook.org/2021/03/fru...

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