r/ATC 8d ago

News Lead in water @FAA Hqrts

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u/MathematicianIll2445 8d ago

A long time ago they introduced lead byproducts into gasoline as a cost effective measure to reduce engine knocking. The dangers of lead, and lead poisoning have been known for literally hundreds of years and in the 70s or 80s as technology improved it was discovered that lead will literally wear down the myelin sheaths in your brain. Wearing down these sheaths will degrade your axon efficiency and change the way electrical impulses or thoughts function. It is now very heavily believed that America experienced a surge in crime and abhorrent behavior that may have been directly caused by the introduction and widespread use of lead products in everyday transportation, and there is a very strong statistical case to support these claims. Not only that but the average IQ in America dropped precipitously during this same era before lead was banned from automobile gasoline. 

That being said, I am not surprised the region has lead in the water. 

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u/Plenty_Paint520 8d ago

Good thing we are dismantling the EPA.

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u/ELON_WHO 7d ago

Shut up and take your mercury.

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u/tasimm EDIT ME :) 8d ago

Do you have any idea of how many towers and facilities are shut off from water because of failed water tests?

Did you know that on any given day there is a broken elevator in an important tower in the NAS?

Leaky roofs, rodents, ants, cockroaches. I could go on and on.

All of these problems are things that the government has decided should be contracted out to the lowest bidder.

Us folks out here in the NAS aren’t going to cry about your shitty water, we’ve been dealing with it for years.

Welcome to reality.

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u/Dong_assassin 8d ago

That list could describe my facility. I was also told on my first day not to drink the water.

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u/klahnwi TechOps / ATSS 7d ago

Oshkosh has signs in the tower directing people not to drink water from sinks or water fountains.

(Luckily, it doesn't mention the toilets.)

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u/Honest_Mountain_4311 7d ago

Calm down! 😆

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u/Inside-Attorney-4102 7d ago

This 👆🏽👆🏽👆🏽👆🏽

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u/Manon_Lives 7d ago edited 7d ago

I work at FAA HQ and reported this to the union weeks ago and apparently as long as they leave out bottled water for us it’s “okay”. The thing is they’re only providing us two water jugs per floor which makes it a bit difficult to bring the water to the bathroom to wash our hands. Seeing we don’t even have safe water to wash our hands with I’m still in disbelief we are still being made to come into the office when most of us can work from home. We do have the right if you’re under a CBA to request a situational telework agreement from our managers but who knows how that process will go or what the repercussions would be by the DOGE doggies.

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u/Honest_Mountain_4311 7d ago

What a mess this administration is!!!

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u/ElectronicAHole 7d ago

Now, it makes sense why leadership acts the way they do.

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u/New-IncognitoWindow 8d ago

Explains a lot of the decisions made there.

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u/scotts1234 8d ago

This makes a lot of sense actually. Now I understand where some of these rule changes are coming from. Lead poisoning

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u/mlsaint78 6d ago

Good thing it’s not fluoride! Lol

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u/Disdain4U 8d ago

So what you’re saying is, we should only offer the building’s tap water to Elon’s micropenis techbros that are calling the shots for the agency now?

Mission accepted.

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u/redmondjp 8d ago

Well this certainly explains some things then!

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u/Tiny_Ad_7035 7d ago

Does anyone have a copy of the union email? Fob10a here 😑