NYC’s Drinking Water is Now Toxic… Why?

Recently its come to light that drinking water in several NYC schools contains abnormal levels of lead. On top of that 1 out of every 5 new yorkers drinks water delivered to their apartment by lead pipes.
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  • @Emmy-J
    @Emmy-J4 ай бұрын

    Its a disgrace what we have done to our water on this planet

  • @russiansquare

    @russiansquare

    4 ай бұрын

    Of course, we will have toxins in our water. People are s.u.b.human. Have you seen how many masks were littered everywhere during the pre-planned pandemic and after? We used to much plastic which is destroying our nature and environment. We have so much technology but cant recycle plastic properly.

  • @nyrockchicxx

    @nyrockchicxx

    4 ай бұрын

    Be part of the solution and help clean the rivers, oceans and creeks. Be mindful of what you use around waterways and take out what you bring in.

  • @russiansquare

    @russiansquare

    4 ай бұрын

    @@nyrockchicxx I used to pick up trash and stupid masks that idiots used to wear it but i gave up I think if damn city wants to generate revenue start fining people for legit things like littering and releasing chemicals into waterways instead of harassing people with bs fare evasion

  • @EROD1010

    @EROD1010

    4 ай бұрын

    What did we do exactly

  • @russiansquare

    @russiansquare

    4 ай бұрын

    @@EROD1010 we are trashing and destroying nature with our garbage

  • @isodimetrix
    @isodimetrix4 ай бұрын

    Funny that the US has the audacity to lecture rest of the world on human rights and pollution but not themselves!

  • @85justsomedude

    @85justsomedude

    4 ай бұрын

    It's really the opposite. China and India are the most polluted countries in the world and we say nothing to them

  • @puremichpaule

    @puremichpaule

    4 ай бұрын

    We don't take huge boats filled with trash out into the middle of the ocean dump like a lot of asian countries do.

  • @fuckinghardhatready

    @fuckinghardhatready

    4 ай бұрын

    Ansh sounds like a river dumping name.

  • @fuckinghardhatready

    @fuckinghardhatready

    4 ай бұрын

    Culture poops in rivers overseas so. 😮

  • @SnappyWasHere

    @SnappyWasHere

    4 ай бұрын

    Welcome to good old fashioned American Exceptionalism. We do no wrong!

  • @-Katastrophe
    @-Katastrophe4 ай бұрын

    Imagine paying 5 grand or more a month for rent and your studio apartment is in a building that has lead pipes.

  • @hippiebits2071

    @hippiebits2071

    3 ай бұрын

    No one has to imagine. That's probably the reality for almost everyone living in old cities back East.

  • @nmccw3245

    @nmccw3245

    2 ай бұрын

    Welcome to one of the oldest cities in the country.

  • @PLuMUK54
    @PLuMUK544 ай бұрын

    This is not just a problem in NYC. I live in a 100 year old house in England which had lead pipes. Thankfully, the whole area had them removed in the 1960s. However, 3 years ago my friend bought a house in a village that is about 70 years old, and it had lead pipes everywhere. Luckily, he was stripping it right back to bare brick, otherwise, he would have had rather a large and unexpected bill. It made me wonder how many other houses in the village still have their lead pipes.

  • @ihave35cents95

    @ihave35cents95

    4 ай бұрын

    Lead pipes themselves are not necessarily dangerous to humans. What creates the danger from lead pipes is the type of water that runs through them.

  • @ihave35cents95

    @ihave35cents95

    4 ай бұрын

    @@chriswheeler6092 a 6 stage filter will turn well water into great water.

  • @unturned6066

    @unturned6066

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@ihave35cents95small amounts of lead will denature into the water over time.

  • @alexfagard3618

    @alexfagard3618

    4 ай бұрын

    @@ihave35cents95 something to do with calcium scale dissolving due to acidic water?

  • @ihave35cents95

    @ihave35cents95

    4 ай бұрын

    @@alexfagard3618 exactly and warm climate doesn’t help either.

  • @ghettosapien1392
    @ghettosapien13924 ай бұрын

    When I grew up in NYC, the drinking water was considered the best in the country. But we always knew the water surrounding NYC was hot garbage. You fished off Sheepshead Bay at your own risk. 😅

  • @russiansquare

    @russiansquare

    4 ай бұрын

    Of course, we will have toxins in our water. People are s.u.b.human. Have you seen how many masks were littered everywhere during the pre-planned pandemic and after? We used to much plastic which is destroying our nature and environment. We have so much technology but cant recycle plastic properly.

  • @ckrgksdkrak

    @ckrgksdkrak

    4 ай бұрын

    The problem is not at the central source where their metrics are… the problem is multifactorial but mainly they never measure or treat peripheral pipes… or your building

  • @zm5513

    @zm5513

    4 ай бұрын

    Democrats

  • @demonicpokeyfruit9006

    @demonicpokeyfruit9006

    4 ай бұрын

    @@zm5513 Politics.

  • @angelbulldog4934

    @angelbulldog4934

    4 ай бұрын

    Supposedly, it was the water (in the past) that made NY pizza so good.

  • @JMUK
    @JMUK4 ай бұрын

    I live in California and soon we will be drinking EXTREMELY expensive sewer water, but please do not be worried for my health. The water will be SUPER treated and cleaner than regular water. Governor Newsom said so. You will drink your treater sewer water and like it!

  • @xtremeentertainmenttv9664

    @xtremeentertainmenttv9664

    4 ай бұрын

    I can’t believe fools in CA actually approved something like that smh. And New York is just California with no palm trees.

  • @Mikewee777

    @Mikewee777

    4 ай бұрын

    You are not from California but you should still stay out . Our state is full of scary Mexicans .

  • @kellyP.

    @kellyP.

    4 ай бұрын

    They do this in Philadelphia they have one of the worst quality waters in the country . RO all the way ❤

  • @carlagold8589

    @carlagold8589

    2 ай бұрын

    I don’t believe the car salesman for a governor we have he lies and does what the hell him want even has add real budget and are high taxes he is still 78.5 million over and washing most of it on crooked ass living to everyone !

  • @generalwillwelsh7926

    @generalwillwelsh7926

    Ай бұрын

    All the water you drink is sanitized sewer water

  • @fluffypuff766
    @fluffypuff7664 ай бұрын

    See, the waterway pipes in the US are made of lead. At the time, it was the cheapest metal to make it out of. But then they found out lead was deadly. But instead of replacing the pipes, they just used a compound coating to protect the water from the pipes. But uh… over time it started dissolving. What happens? Remember Flint Michigan? That.

  • @user-el3sh1xh3t

    @user-el3sh1xh3t

    4 ай бұрын

    Remember the message the Obama administration sent to Flint (even with Obama mockingly fake drinking their water to their face)? That is attitude our government has to fixing this problem which is basically "Screw you. And by the way you aren't paying enough in taxes so we are raising them."

  • @lexxlars5762

    @lexxlars5762

    4 ай бұрын

    Electroculture, drinking from copper .

  • @thecasterdailyshow

    @thecasterdailyshow

    4 ай бұрын

    Ever hear of the water crisis in Kentucky? its been happening much much longer than flint Michigan, with practically zero national news about it.

  • @dr.woozie7500

    @dr.woozie7500

    4 ай бұрын

    @@thecasterdailyshoware you referring to high concentration of BPAs in the water

  • @dasanman69

    @dasanman69

    4 ай бұрын

    No, the pipes in those old buildings are lead.

  • @jamesleung0
    @jamesleung04 ай бұрын

    Based on all the published monitoring tests, New York City has great tap water. Most of the lead is from the aging pipes in the buildings which will eventually need to be replaced. Remember, water that is too pure is also not good for you. Most systems that use reverse osmosis (90%-99% purity) have to re-mineralize the water. The real concern for most modern water systems across the globe (not just New York City) is PFOA and PFOS. The EPA set new limit for PFOS is 0.02 ppt; for PFOA, it’s 0.004 ppt. There are commercial water filtration systems that will remove a lot of the concerning containments brought up in this video (Google the Consumer Reports article from December 7, 2023).

  • @dianedenham5259

    @dianedenham5259

    4 ай бұрын

    Thank you for that educated comment.

  • @vernongandy9026

    @vernongandy9026

    4 ай бұрын

    It's the lead in the joints and some remaining service pipes. Just get your water tested. The older the city, the older the water/ sewage pipes. Best to save up to buy full filtration if you are a home owner.

  • @ianhopkins7457

    @ianhopkins7457

    4 ай бұрын

    ofc the published tests say the water is safe, can you imagine the carnage if they said water wasnt safe..?

  • @chucklebutt4470

    @chucklebutt4470

    4 ай бұрын

    @@ianhopkins7457 are you serious? Have you heard of Flint, MI? The civil service people who run and publish water quality tests are probably not the boogyman you think they are.

  • @ianhopkins7457

    @ianhopkins7457

    4 ай бұрын

    you and the word gullible are related sorry@@chucklebutt4470

  • @nout1972
    @nout19724 ай бұрын

    Cash really is selling New York in his videos: high rents, rats, unsafe subways, water flooding and now water poisoning, yikes!

  • @TiffanyWestNyc

    @TiffanyWestNyc

    4 ай бұрын

    People still want to live there doesn’t matter

  • @Philflash

    @Philflash

    4 ай бұрын

    If you are born in it, what are you going to do?

  • @mycelia_ow

    @mycelia_ow

    4 ай бұрын

    The state or the city? Big, big difference between the two, NY is one of the largest (and wealthiest) states in the country.

  • @mycelia_ow

    @mycelia_ow

    4 ай бұрын

    @@TiffanyWestNyc Of course they do, becvause there is more to NY than NYC

  • @GM-jv9jz

    @GM-jv9jz

    4 ай бұрын

    Dont forget the roaches

  • @lindageiling5922
    @lindageiling59224 ай бұрын

    PS. FLORIDA HAS HORRIBLE WATER ALSO, ITS NOT JUST NYC. DETROIT , CALIFORNIA ETC. NEVER DRINK THE TAP WATER .

  • @FastGunner7

    @FastGunner7

    Ай бұрын

    Yep, I've been filtering my water with a tri stage system in California for years. To my friends, I'm the crazy one.

  • @pi-sx3mb
    @pi-sx3mb4 ай бұрын

    This is tragic because the water supply for NYC has historically been from fresh water lake reservoirs upstate that gets sent down in a viaduct. That water is absolutely clean and delicious. I suppose it doesn't do much good though if the last couple miles it gets delivered by lead-contaminated pipes.

  • @vmbay2212

    @vmbay2212

    4 ай бұрын

    God forbid somebody poisons the water supply😮

  • @MM-qp4pd

    @MM-qp4pd

    4 ай бұрын

    That's ok cause you're all vax.ed and boosted every week. And don't forget the microplastics from fast fashion, polyester clothes that seep into your water when you do laundry.

  • @charlestoast4051

    @charlestoast4051

    4 ай бұрын

    and the treatment plants add fluoride

  • @LightBeing369
    @LightBeing3694 ай бұрын

    Escape from New York!!!😄 Water in plastic bottles is riddled with chemicals too. Stiller, Pellegrini, & Mountain Springs are some safe alternatives but are pricey

  • @iSucrose
    @iSucrose4 ай бұрын

    When you’re from a third-world country, you know not to drink tap water. Most of us either buy bottled water or use a filtration system.

  • @sev7nwest742

    @sev7nwest742

    4 ай бұрын

    This wasn't a third-world country until all the invaders arrived and destroyed this nation. It will be soon.

  • @elylioney6390

    @elylioney6390

    4 ай бұрын

    U know, I'd once forgotten that rule 😅

  • @patriciafuchs5970
    @patriciafuchs59704 ай бұрын

    I double filter all my drinking/cooking water. When I lived in the country I filtered my rainwater as well. I would also be scared of pipes in old buildings. Lead in water is scary as well.

  • @angelbulldog4934

    @angelbulldog4934

    4 ай бұрын

    It's the overdose of floride that concerns me the most. I wouldn't drink rainwater for anything, nor would I eat snow. Chęmtráíls have contaminated the whole earth. Make a snowball and hold a lighter to it. Does it melt or turn black?

  • @jensenraylight8011

    @jensenraylight8011

    4 ай бұрын

    Now, all the Pizza place in NY can no longer call themself superior anymore, the NY Magic tasty water, the most important ingredient in NY Pizza is gone now the Pizza is laced with lead

  • @Noodles3740

    @Noodles3740

    4 ай бұрын

    And forgot to filter the worse part cleansing water!!!

  • @christianpervert525

    @christianpervert525

    4 ай бұрын

    Filters don't remove forever chemicals like PTFE.

  • @Dr904

    @Dr904

    4 ай бұрын

    There are so so many dangerous contaminants that filters do not remove!

  • @Hanson032
    @Hanson0324 ай бұрын

    I started drinking my apartment’s tap water a couple of months ago and noticed that my pee started to smell weird as hell lol. Pretty much stopped after that

  • @dianedenham5259

    @dianedenham5259

    4 ай бұрын

    Asparagus?

  • @Hanson032

    @Hanson032

    4 ай бұрын

    @@dianedenham5259No, it was different than asparagus smell

  • @jn1540

    @jn1540

    20 күн бұрын

    I'm from the West Coast but I always heard New Yorkers talk about how great their tap water is so this was a little surprising to see. The tap water where I live is hard and gross but also one of the few sources in the country known to be free of Pfafs (forever chemicals) so I'll take it.

  • @jkseraphim4
    @jkseraphim44 ай бұрын

    Mr. Cash if you see this, I witnessed this just a few days ago! I was using my portable washing machine and as I was filling a bucket from my tub I noticed the water had a brownish tinge when it was in the hot water and cold. The bucket I used is clean, so it didn't make sense and I know the water in my facets wasn't affected. I was waiting for the news about it, but I'm so grateful to you making this video to confirm that my suspicions were correct! Thank you from Brooklyn, NY.

  • @mikemotorbike4283

    @mikemotorbike4283

    4 ай бұрын

    They don't treat for aesthetic considerations. Around the PNW, and the water has a yellow/brownish tinge when seen in the tub or directly in the stream. It's just minerals.

  • @NerdsWorldNYC

    @NerdsWorldNYC

    4 ай бұрын

    Let the water run a few minutes to get those "minerals" to run through the pipes and down the drain.

  • @tombruner9634

    @tombruner9634

    4 ай бұрын

    Could be natural mineralization, but could also be an aging water heater if you notice the effect more in hot water than cold. In either case the health risk is minimal, but if the water heater is starting to fall apart from the inside it could be an inconvenient few days to clean up the mess and replace the unit. If the water heater is common, it may be an issue to bring up with the landlord.

  • @Philflash

    @Philflash

    4 ай бұрын

    Is a water tank at the top of the building involved?

  • @TSgotstolengoddamm

    @TSgotstolengoddamm

    4 ай бұрын

    sometimes they do maintence on the facilities so its normal to just let that dirty water run away and u should be left with clean beautiful drinkable water

  • @user-xi2oaz8fu2z.
    @user-xi2oaz8fu2z.4 ай бұрын

    I drew up in NYC and im all messed up. I drank the water, exposed to pesticides to deal with the roaches. Family problems. Neighbor violence problems that made the place stressful to "live" in. No morality being taught in the city, Emotional issues im still recovering from. And the air from the cars and building dusts. My asthma went away and my mind cleared a little bit after I moved out of NYC and went full health nut mode. You need filters to try to filter the chemicals they put into it... The chemicals are worse on kids developing. "Not as much" adults into mid to old age already.

  • @sweettrubble4635

    @sweettrubble4635

    4 ай бұрын

    I have a feeling NYC is dying.

  • @nyrockchicxx

    @nyrockchicxx

    4 ай бұрын

    I grew up in NYC before they worked on any pollutants, drinking water occasionally from school fountains, when incinerators were used and air quality was poor. I'm just fine as are millions of NY'ers. You're just sensitive.

  • @Shiryone

    @Shiryone

    4 ай бұрын

    Very glad for you. Just goes to show you, where there is a will to get out of somewhere there is a way

  • @pinkturtle2016

    @pinkturtle2016

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@nyrockchicxx the way you're invalidating his experience is disgusting

  • @MelGibsonFan

    @MelGibsonFan

    4 ай бұрын

    @@nyrockchicxxfew serious medical conditions effect a majority of people. Even something as extreme as cigarettes didn’t kill the majority of people who smoked.

  • @geza955
    @geza9554 ай бұрын

    It's disturbing as to how many still believe that the Fluoride added to water is for the concern for people's teeth .

  • @ElleBrOw

    @ElleBrOw

    4 ай бұрын

    Exactly. Like the lottery was created to help with schools 😮

  • @JMUK

    @JMUK

    4 ай бұрын

    What else is it for? I never followed that story.

  • @mmedefarge

    @mmedefarge

    4 ай бұрын

    @@JMUK It's a byproduct of manufacturing much like aspartame. Instead of paying to have it carted away, they put it in our food and water.

  • @saulgoodman2018

    @saulgoodman2018

    4 ай бұрын

    @@mmedefarge And why is it a bad thing?

  • @prague7706

    @prague7706

    4 ай бұрын

    @@mmedefargethat’s right, a lot of people don’t know that. Florida is literally a byproduct that would otherwise have to cleaned up. By people in hazmat suits no less.

  • @unturned6066
    @unturned60664 ай бұрын

    I like how there's a max allowed amount of lead in water. As if it's OK to consume some amount of toxic metals that never leave your body. Maybe taking on that standard was the first problem 🙃

  • @charlestoast4051

    @charlestoast4051

    4 ай бұрын

    they have permissible limits for a wide range of toxins, not just lead.

  • @senglomein5766

    @senglomein5766

    4 ай бұрын

    fuggedabbowdit'

  • @DMINATOR
    @DMINATOR4 ай бұрын

    "maximum amount of lead" is by itself a questionable definition, since there is no safe lead levels in the first place, or I am missing something ?

  • @dnash2131
    @dnash21314 ай бұрын

    I don’t live in big cities anymore but when I visit and I have to wash, I am always struck by how rancid water the smells compared to my well water at home.

  • @maryezell3888

    @maryezell3888

    4 ай бұрын

    I live in Jacksonville, Fl, and if I go away for many months the first time I shower the water smells funny from sitting around in the hot water heater. It is city-treated and always okay to drink but since no one moves it through the house and out a drain, it smells. The question is how big is the boiler that heats the water in that apartment building and how active is the flow of water in that entire building that would empty out and refresh the supply in the boiler and as well the apartment and shower you use. Maybe if water, after all it goes through to get toward your shower and then just sits around, just begins to smell. After a while of my using it, finally it stops smelling. Aha!

  • @Alternity666

    @Alternity666

    4 ай бұрын

    I have well water at home, and the only cities I've experienced water in were Montréal and Houston. To be quite honest, the water in Montréal really isn't that bad, but in Houston I would never drink it.

  • @chucklebutt4470

    @chucklebutt4470

    4 ай бұрын

    depends on the city and where you live. Most well water I've had I don't much care for. My city water here in Alaska is fantastic.

  • @dennisp8520

    @dennisp8520

    4 ай бұрын

    @@chucklebutt4470well I’m from PA which is known as having some of the worst tap but I have drank it all my life and honestly find it tastes better then other cities water. I’m not dead and I’m hydrated for basically free

  • @yungossan379
    @yungossan3794 ай бұрын

    It's so weird that you make this video now. The other day, I had a glass of tap water I left out for a day and noticed it smelled like actual sewage. Didn't smell like that when I first had it. Thank God I didn't get sick. It was the foulest water I've ever smelled.

  • @BlueberryFundip

    @BlueberryFundip

    4 ай бұрын

    Be grateful your immune system is already strong enough to combat it.

  • @danilofreitas2849

    @danilofreitas2849

    4 ай бұрын

    That is generally normal. Chlorine is a gas so if you leave water in an uncovered vessel it will evaporate and them bacteria can start to grow in it depending of the bacteria and temperature of the room. I use this technique of leaving out water to get rid of the chlorine to water my plants since a lot of plants are very sensitive to chlorine. Peace and keep healthy.

  • @lowwastehighmelanin

    @lowwastehighmelanin

    4 ай бұрын

    YO that's grody

  • @kimberlybush2219

    @kimberlybush2219

    4 ай бұрын

    May I ask what state you live in? I live in Oregon and I have noticed a foul taste as well.

  • @yungossan379

    @yungossan379

    4 ай бұрын

    @@kimberlybush2219 I'm in New York. The City, specifically.

  • @MistyLake
    @MistyLake4 ай бұрын

    When I lived in LA they overchlorinated the water going into apartments. Every time I'd shower my apartment smelled like a swimming pool and it smelled like I went swimming. I was always told not to drink the water from the tap and heard for years about it having arsenic, lead and pharmacuticals in it. Drank only Penta water because their purifying process removed all of that stuff and more from the water. I give my rabbit the Penta water too.

  • @BikeHelmetMk2

    @BikeHelmetMk2

    4 ай бұрын

    Very smart. They do the same over-chlorination here. (West coast of BC, Canada)

  • @ingridfong-daley5899
    @ingridfong-daley58994 ай бұрын

    Growing up outside New Orleans (70s/80s), our tap water routinely ran in shades of green and brown--whenever they'd fill the bathtub or even the baptismal font in church, it was visibly dirty before you got in. Not merely 'tinted', it was more like swamp water without the scum that grows on top. When we lived in Shanghai, the water was literally toxic and undrinkable because of the excessive chlorine they have to use to remove all the pollution because local businesses would do things like dumping 6000 pig carcasses into the river, routine chemical spills, etc. People even bought special shower heads to further filtrate and brushed their teeth with bottled water.

  • @BlkRamGuy
    @BlkRamGuy4 ай бұрын

    In one of your videos you mentioned the average age of a apartment building was over 90 years old, so then the pipes have to be as old or older than the apartment buildings. Just something to think about...

  • @nyrockchicxx

    @nyrockchicxx

    4 ай бұрын

    Depends on the building. In some buildings the pipes have been changed, in others they get changed as vacancies happen, and it others no change.

  • @ryankutzler78
    @ryankutzler784 ай бұрын

    Love your videos man! Your form of investigative journalism is super informative, engaging, and important. The huge amount of work/research you cram into each video is really evident. Thank you! Can’t wait to see what’s next!

  • @Hlorrh40
    @Hlorrh404 ай бұрын

    I am so sorry, UGH! I just don't understand why people want to live packed in like sardines. NO THANK YOU!! God Bless each and everyone of you .

  • @dianabinkowski3927
    @dianabinkowski39274 ай бұрын

    Water in NYC comes from several reservoirs in the Catskill Mountains.

  • @shefalichow7917

    @shefalichow7917

    4 ай бұрын

    They said so, so it must be true.

  • @JCDenton.

    @JCDenton.

    4 ай бұрын

    Listen to RFK Jr speak about it. He is one of the reasons why New York got cleaned up.

  • @sherlyn.a

    @sherlyn.a

    4 ай бұрын

    @@shefalichow7917The opposite doesn’t have to be true either.

  • @shefalichow7917

    @shefalichow7917

    4 ай бұрын

    @@sherlyn.a Correct. But I don't trust NY leadership by any means; so for me, I'll stick to my discretion.

  • @kellyP.

    @kellyP.

    4 ай бұрын

    Surrounded by superfund sites

  • @diamondlee9034
    @diamondlee90344 ай бұрын

    1st, WHY does ANY school still have water fountains. they have ALWAYS been DISGUSTING & ALWAYS will be.

  • @g3user1usa

    @g3user1usa

    4 ай бұрын

    I'm guessing you don't drink the water from park fountains, either.😅. I usually only drink the water from my bike's water bottle.

  • @brett76544
    @brett765444 ай бұрын

    I did the initial draft of the NYS law for the testing of lead in school drinking water. You could be getting lead from the faucet itself, the sodder in the newer pipes, the old pipes, the pump housing, the water main into the building and the pipes that the city owns. From different points in the building you can test for each of them.

  • @Pentrilar
    @Pentrilar4 ай бұрын

    The pipes inside the building get replaced prety much every time someone changes the layout, the risers when there is a major renovation. But what usually gets ignored is the connection from the street into the building and that is where most of the lead in our buildings in NYC comes from. To replace that one piece of pipe it's $10-15k and needs schedueling/coordinating with a company that digs up pipes. Re-paving and patching is another after-cost. Large cost for something so out of sight lets people ignore the lead it seems.

  • @dasanman69

    @dasanman69

    4 ай бұрын

    The water main rarely gets replaced

  • @oooloo99

    @oooloo99

    3 ай бұрын

    The gov. Has known lead is toxic and how to test for it for well over a hundred years.

  • @prague7706
    @prague77064 ай бұрын

    When is was a kid growing up in NYC people would repeat ‘NY water is some of the best anywhere’. Might have been true at some point, I don’t know. As I got older I couldn’t believe it anymore.

  • @KillsAll.
    @KillsAll.4 ай бұрын

    I’ve been warning internet trolls about their drinking water and lead poisoning for YEARS and NYC could be actually literally suffering from lead poisoning 😂😂🤣

  • @charlestoast4051

    @charlestoast4051

    4 ай бұрын

    surely not! If there was lead poisoning, you'd expect to see antisocial behaviour, problems in schools, street crime.

  • @NZKiwi87
    @NZKiwi874 ай бұрын

    Your content has got exponentially more interesting, well done!

  • @docfmb1
    @docfmb14 ай бұрын

    I like these types of videos better than the apartment videos these days. great job.

  • @Spamkromite
    @Spamkromite4 ай бұрын

    Oh. And it took them how much to spot this 1980's problem? Here on Spain we never drink water from the tap, unless it's from towns with potter pipes that draw their water directly from the mountains. Drinking water from the tap is always a very bad idea, particularly because you are drinking more cleaning products, PFAS or lead from it than actual water 😴(also in my region is not advisable because we draw the water from the ocean so it is never fit for consumption unless you are a garden plant).

  • @nordette

    @nordette

    4 ай бұрын

    Thats so interesting. Can you brush your teeth, bath and wash your face with the tap water thats not from the mountains? Do you have to boil it before you do all that?

  • @nyrockchicxx

    @nyrockchicxx

    4 ай бұрын

    In NYC their drinking water source is from reservoir Outside the City, up in the north area. It travels down to the City.

  • @mariar3767

    @mariar3767

    4 ай бұрын

    😮 Ohh Is that bad

  • @nyrockchicxx

    @nyrockchicxx

    4 ай бұрын

    @@nordette Yes. Everyday people in NY do just that and they are healthy & functional. Our water is treated to make it that way. No boiling necessary.

  • @nyrockchicxx

    @nyrockchicxx

    4 ай бұрын

    @@mariar3767 But that's not NY drinking water.

  • @Bobrogers99
    @Bobrogers994 ай бұрын

    I grew up in an old house with 100% lead pipes. In the summer I picked apples that were sprayed with arsenate of lead, wiped them off on my sleeve and ate them. If it weren't for these two things I'd probably have an IQ of 300. Maybe the lead explains why I've been weird all my life.

  • @angelbulldog4934

    @angelbulldog4934

    4 ай бұрын

    Lead is not as dangerous as we've been told. it was outlawed in paint because lead actually protects us from all the frequencies we are surrounded by. Have you ever--even once--seen a child chew on a window sill?

  • @gregoriomiller8241

    @gregoriomiller8241

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@angelbulldog4934😅

  • @manictiger

    @manictiger

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@angelbulldog4934 We live next to a gigantic fusion reactor. I'm not saying you should live directly under a cellphone tower your whole life, but you're worried about "frequencies" on a planet that gets a healthy dose of X-rays and UV-C. If you have a wifi emitter that you don't turn off when not in use, you're getting more "frequencies" from that, than you'll ever get from a cellphone tower.

  • @Bobrogers99

    @Bobrogers99

    4 ай бұрын

    @@angelbulldog4934 In older, run-down houses, there are often several layers of paint on the woodwork, and it chips off and lands on the floor. Little kids put almost anything in their mouths to see if it tastes good, and that's the way they ingest lead. It's harmless if you don't eat or drink it. Just as asbestos is harmless unless it's disturbed and becomes airborne.

  • @maxuli21

    @maxuli21

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@manictigerI live across the street from a 5G mobile tower, it's right around the same height as my windows are. When measuring radiation levels at the window, it's around 5000 times higher than in a normal setting. Much more than a wifi router is capable of emitting. So if you are unlucky this can be the reality.

  • @patrast4464
    @patrast44644 ай бұрын

    Your clean water research video is what’s needed to bring awareness, respect ✊🏻

  • @marywright6759
    @marywright67594 ай бұрын

    I live outside of Flint Michigan. When the city changed water sources no chemicals were added and the old lead pipes in the city leaked lead to many adults and children. No one got punished for not adding the chemicals. Sad.

  • @HeyItsJonny

    @HeyItsJonny

    4 ай бұрын

    Still ongoing here in Flint city. I grew up near the water plant that was reactivated on the river, WOOPS is definitely the word that could be used to describe the initial staffing attempts.

  • @dbw477
    @dbw4774 ай бұрын

    bro, the quality of your videos has gone way up. great content dude.

  • @krazyfan2000
    @krazyfan20004 ай бұрын

    That's because a lot of the schools were built back as early as the late 1800's to 1930's and those pipes are old.

  • @MissCane9
    @MissCane94 ай бұрын

    No one drinks NYC tap water. But people may take showers and baths without filters.

  • @SusannahPerri
    @SusannahPerri4 ай бұрын

    Cash, you are a wealth of information and you deliver it so eloquently as well as in a visually enjoyable way! I really appreciate the research as well as the hard work you put into filming and editing your videos. This is why I watch every single one of them! Happy New Year to you and your wonderful family!❤😊

  • @JesusismyRock773

    @JesusismyRock773

    4 ай бұрын

    I too have started to watch all of his videos. He tells us the truth of what is going on, and he doesn't sugar coat it. That is a rare thing indeed in today's world. Thank you Cash, your videos are well appreciated.

  • @JoeBlow-tf4cc
    @JoeBlow-tf4cc4 ай бұрын

    The real polluted question of the day, should be. Why would we not expect to find toxins in NYC's drinking water?

  • @seadragon1456

    @seadragon1456

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah… NYC isn’t the only contaminant water in the USA. I recently was looking at my local tap report and saw 3 contaminants and I looked them up. Turns out the Ozark Aquifer is contaminated with aviation chemicals that were dumped 60 years ago. Some chemical company thought it would be a good idea to dump barrels of crap on the ground to get rid of it. And that’s just one example poisoning the Ozark aquifer near me. What else is in the ground water?? Idk but I bought a filter called clearly filtered. It’s expensive but whatever. Freakin sucks that the companies can do this to our water.

  • @googleaccount6931

    @googleaccount6931

    4 ай бұрын

    Right like NYC is the same city that leaves mountains of trash bags on the side of the street and an infamous rodent problem. I’m surprised it’s not dirtier

  • @joeyoboy1369
    @joeyoboy13694 ай бұрын

    Now you know why NYC pizza is so good! It's the water!

  • @barfoonisland2003

    @barfoonisland2003

    4 ай бұрын

    NYC bagels too.

  • @BrandonDBaxter
    @BrandonDBaxter4 ай бұрын

    Dude your channel has turned out to be really good. I don’t live in nyc, but I really like your videos. You do a good job keeping me entertained.

  • @sparks.speaks
    @sparks.speaks4 ай бұрын

    Hope you and yours had a happy holidays. Very informative and interesting. As a former resident of NYC, this is wild to think about! 😅

  • @houseofhas9355
    @houseofhas93554 ай бұрын

    Breaking news, Scientists realize what the public has been saying for years, also those same scientist during covid, said "they are the science".

  • @Jubilee-Livy
    @Jubilee-Livy4 ай бұрын

    Eye opener amazing social reporting ❤Great job..

  • @bkm2797
    @bkm27974 ай бұрын

    Good to hear your water is free and clear. Thanks Cash

  • @KloudCACA
    @KloudCACA4 ай бұрын

    Dude you are getting better and better and better with every video keep it up.

  • @wingn3849
    @wingn38494 ай бұрын

    Always boiled water before drinking it. As of a couple years ago, I filter then boil. Never trusted the water lol.

  • @houseofhas9355

    @houseofhas9355

    4 ай бұрын

    Never trust the government either.

  • @margaretthatcher6828

    @margaretthatcher6828

    4 ай бұрын

    @@houseofhas9355 Bingo

  • @markadler8968

    @markadler8968

    4 ай бұрын

    How can you tolerate living in a city that is one of the most expensive places in the world and have to boil the water is beyond my understanding.

  • @SaintTrinianz

    @SaintTrinianz

    4 ай бұрын

    Good luck boiling off lead...

  • @Bohonk212

    @Bohonk212

    4 ай бұрын

    Does nothing for lead though.

  • @YoUnOkNoWoK
    @YoUnOkNoWoK4 ай бұрын

    I knew something was up… I drink a glass of water from the sink Friday and got sicker than a dog Friday night!

  • @nyrockchicxx

    @nyrockchicxx

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah that wasn't the water, bud.

  • @lorrie5881

    @lorrie5881

    4 ай бұрын

    I live outside my hometown of New Orleans now, and if I drink from the tap over there, I get diarrhea every time

  • @nyrockchicxx

    @nyrockchicxx

    4 ай бұрын

    @@lorrie5881 Sounds like your water is not being treated. You should make a complaint to your government representatives and to the health dept.

  • @feketestefan
    @feketestefan4 ай бұрын

    Don't post so often, you make me move to New York from Romania :) Nice work, like it!

  • @Keisha250
    @Keisha2504 ай бұрын

    I just started watching your channel and I really appreciate your content super different very original and always informative I am now a subscriber❤

  • @danatate8803
    @danatate88034 ай бұрын

    😂 You watched that lead test strip the way women watch a pregnancy test 😂

  • @yewrforstnaymhearyewrlayst5566
    @yewrforstnaymhearyewrlayst55664 ай бұрын

    New Yorkers receive their tap water from upstate reservoirs in the Catskill/Delaware watershed, the Croton watershed, or a blend of both sources.

  • @kellyP.

    @kellyP.

    4 ай бұрын

    Watersheds surrounded by superfund sites

  • @rodprops
    @rodprops4 ай бұрын

    I was born & raised in NYC. Lived here for over 40 years. I haven't drank tap water since the mid 90's.

  • @whitestone4401
    @whitestone44014 ай бұрын

    I would find out what those "acceptable" levels are according to our trustworthy officials. Then find out what the truly safe levels are. Also, another distraction from their dismal performance as officials.

  • @BikeHelmetMk2

    @BikeHelmetMk2

    4 ай бұрын

    Usually you can look to Europe to find the actual safe levels. Ours are usually 10-100x higher. Typically when scientists research such things, whatever gets approved by the government is missing a decimal point or two. We are the land of industry and capitalism - the greatest on earth. Locally there's too much chlorine in our water, causing tons of thyroid problems. You need a lot of iodine (for example, from iodized salt) to combat that. But of course, everyone is on low-sodium diets. Fluoride is toxic. But when your body is exposed to stressers, it tends to strengthen itself as long as you don't overwhelm it. That's the basis of exercise, building muscle, gaining immunity to bees through being stung, etc.; lots of science to back this up. You build up tolerance to the stresser by incrementally increasing exposure. But yeah, it's not actually good, and any amount tends to reduce IQ in a population base. If it is able to seep through the gut barrier or blood brain barrier (keeping in mind that about 1/3 people have weaker ones of those leading to gluten intolerance and whatnot), then it'll have a negative affect on that organ. I value my brain, so I look at that as a negative. I would prefer no fluoride and just tell people to eat more calcium containing foods (like your leafy green veggies), but I guess people tend not to listen.

  • @DerekFullerWhoIsGovt
    @DerekFullerWhoIsGovt4 ай бұрын

    "Flint" was a cause of my jab hesitancy. If I can't trust you w/a glass of water why would I trust you w/anything? No shot not sick😁

  • @brooklynvlogs9396
    @brooklynvlogs93964 ай бұрын

    Yeah I'm gonna assume my brown water in Brooklyn isn't safe to drink and I could careless what the CDC says because their standards in other parts of the world are considered hazardous. We continue to use Red 40 in our foods and drinks even though it's linked to ADHD, and for what??? So it can look pretty?!? If you wanna drink water here you have to get a filter, and a damn good one at that.

  • @DreamingRealist
    @DreamingRealist4 ай бұрын

    That was so interesting, Cash. Great explantations.

  • @BrodyMulligan
    @BrodyMulligan4 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this video, people gotta take better care of our water.

  • @JohnS-ch7cr
    @JohnS-ch7cr4 ай бұрын

    The water is fine, the issue is that some old buildings may have lead pipes for the service line left. It's definitely not a widespread problem but it does exist. This is a individual building problem not a nyc water problem.

  • @nyrockchicxx

    @nyrockchicxx

    4 ай бұрын

    So glad someone know the real situation. NYC schools, which I attended a long time ago, always had bad tasting water. We figured it was because it sat inside the pipes longer than it was used. If they haven't done so already, they probably should change the pipes out.

  • @istvanszabo3229

    @istvanszabo3229

    4 ай бұрын

    How about PFAS❓️👈😳

  • @nyrockchicxx

    @nyrockchicxx

    4 ай бұрын

    @@istvanszabo3229 We don't generally have that in our drinking water. And much industry doesn't pollute our water anymore. They've been working on that for 50 years at least. Many have moved out of the city limits. I only hear of PFAS in areas far away from cities---smaller cities and towns.

  • @gibbygibbygibby7237

    @gibbygibbygibby7237

    4 ай бұрын

    Until NYC inventories their service line materials, it’s difficult to know which homes/apts are served by a lead pipe.

  • @estherolivo
    @estherolivo4 ай бұрын

    I will from now on carry 2 test kits when hunting for an apartment and if I'm interested in renting or buying, I can easily catch a sample and test before I even sign a lease and move in with children. Thanks for the idea. 👍

  • @Safirlady
    @Safirlady4 ай бұрын

    Excellent job keeping us informed Cash; ponderworthy themes, 👍🏽👍🏽💕💗💗

  • @davidbrain283
    @davidbrain2834 ай бұрын

    This guy makes good videos. Plz keep showing how things can be fixed. American spirit is what can lead to all these issues being fixed

  • @BigCheese007
    @BigCheese0074 ай бұрын

    Most older cities still have lead main service lines for water as long as the coating is in the pipe they are technically safe which I don't believe because of Flint.

  • @itseveryday8600
    @itseveryday86004 ай бұрын

    I live next to a river in NYC, and when ever there is heavy rainfall, I can see the water from sewer over flowing into the river. Somedays I see people paddle boarding in these rivers, and always hope that they dont fall into the water.

  • @HappyNHealthyTV1
    @HappyNHealthyTV14 ай бұрын

    I have shower filters as well. 80 percent of what goes on your skin absorbs into your body as well. Thank you for covering this. Love your videos.

  • @Styphoryte
    @Styphoryte4 ай бұрын

    Wow, first KZreadr I've watched for 4 minutes in and realized oh this is just a normal guy talking about athe NYC water not a news anchorman. You really could be of you wanted to, definitely have the voice for it haha. Great informative video man, lucky I live in PA lmao.

  • @MrWashesp
    @MrWashesp4 ай бұрын

    Water biggest issue is not usually city plumbing its usually ancient pipes in the older houses it goes into.

  • @community1949
    @community19494 ай бұрын

    I don't think there is any water on the planet that is totally safe to drink.

  • @dr.woozie7500
    @dr.woozie75004 ай бұрын

    We used to make fun of the older generations for leaded gasoline and lead paint chips. We literally still have lead pipes 💀

  • @AmericanConstellation
    @AmericanConstellation4 ай бұрын

    Finally, this explains what's wrong with the people that live in NYC.

  • @Mantikal

    @Mantikal

    4 ай бұрын

    "If it doesn't kill you, it only makes you stronger" The Source ... In 1888, German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote “Aus der Kriegsschule des Lebens.-Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker,” which can be translated as “Out of life’s school of war-what doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger.”

  • @NYPATRIOTBX
    @NYPATRIOTBX4 ай бұрын

    “Fluoride which fosters healthy teeth and conspiracy theories” I mean it’s not like it’s a byproduct of aluminum, or some municipalities in upstate NY have banned its use 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @cenzo362

    @cenzo362

    4 ай бұрын

    NIH itself has reported on it's pineal glad effects. Not a theory or "conspiracy".

  • @saulgoodman2018

    @saulgoodman2018

    4 ай бұрын

    @@cenzo362 NIH have also reported that it was not a lab leak.

  • @melindasmith3713

    @melindasmith3713

    4 ай бұрын

    Now I know why as a kid in the 80s I only drank pop . Today I drink water no pop ! 😢

  • @jessehoffman2726

    @jessehoffman2726

    4 ай бұрын

    Bingo. It was a decent video besides that little part, but that was enough to earn a big old fat and ugly 👎 from myself.

  • @NYPATRIOTBX

    @NYPATRIOTBX

    4 ай бұрын

    @@jessehoffman2726 It’s okay, he’s slowly starting to come around and that’s what counts. Sad that he hast done a little more research on this topic.

  • @ZuzuBell
    @ZuzuBell4 ай бұрын

    I love the new direction of your channel.

  • @Wendy-oo7ng
    @Wendy-oo7ng4 ай бұрын

    Fantastic reporting! Great job!👍

  • @Kevin51611
    @Kevin516114 ай бұрын

    Why don't they just replace the pipes?

  • @EPMTUNES
    @EPMTUNES4 ай бұрын

    Nice video. In my engineering class, a group looked into lead content in taps in government housing in the city. It seems that it is often introduced within the buildings own water processing (which is often almost 100 years old).

  • @oooloo99

    @oooloo99

    3 ай бұрын

    They have known about the toxicity and how to test for it for well over a hundred years.

  • @crazedmonk8u
    @crazedmonk8u4 ай бұрын

    I always filter the water in my house with a simple britia filter. can never be too careful! the best system would be the 3 step filtration systems you can install outside that hooks up to your main water pipe and does its job with uv and reverse osmosis but if you can't do that, having the smaller versions that fit under your sink would work just as well.

  • @bernadetten.8751

    @bernadetten.8751

    4 ай бұрын

    Pur filters lead. Check Brita. I don't think it filters lead.

  • @spliffsforbreakfast
    @spliffsforbreakfast4 ай бұрын

    Putting that *GED* to good use I see 👍🏾 _”1 Billion Gallons a day = 365 Billion Gallons a year!”_

  • @Joyfulgrace7777
    @Joyfulgrace77774 ай бұрын

    Our high desert area has “arsenic”. So if you buy a house with a well and are unaware you’ll get sick. We have a water conditioner and an osmosis system.

  • @gibbygibbygibby7237

    @gibbygibbygibby7237

    4 ай бұрын

    If you have a private well, please test it regularly 😭 Private wells (that don’t serve enough people) aren’t regulated by the EPA, only public water systems

  • @Winterascent
    @Winterascent4 ай бұрын

    I have this memory of Kramer swimming in the east river for his back.

  • @Frankie1Crumb
    @Frankie1Crumb4 ай бұрын

    I'm really enjoying your scope of content.

  • @smokingbeetles5793
    @smokingbeetles57934 ай бұрын

    This was so educational !!

  • @awesomeadamfrom2099
    @awesomeadamfrom20994 ай бұрын

    Awesome job cash I will see you tomorrow

  • @mah7961
    @mah79614 ай бұрын

    Went to New Mexico last year for the first time. One of the stops was to see where the pecos river started. And it did not disappoint. Right up Sangre de Cristo mountains just outside of Santa Fe. The river itself looks like one of those old coors commercials. The water looked so fresh, pristine, clean, and clear. Like you can pull up next to it and drink out of it.

  • @lorrie5881

    @lorrie5881

    4 ай бұрын

    Unfortunately, natural bacteria still grows in such places and still potentially make you sick

  • @russiansquare

    @russiansquare

    4 ай бұрын

    @@DL-ep5uk well said motherflower

  • @travissiemer776
    @travissiemer776Күн бұрын

    Cool one on Drinking Water. A break from the other mayhem. The water system built so many years ago is truly amazing.

  • @antonioperito6607
    @antonioperito66074 ай бұрын

    I grew up right down the road from the Neversink reservoir. And, yes the DEP are a prevalent force in the community. For example they do allow fishing on the reservoir but before you put your boat in the water you have to go down to their station and get it scrubbed by them. They have patrol cars around the area all the time and even helicopters occasionally. The most fun part is the DEP officers are employees of NYC even though they live and work 2 hours away.

  • @christophermcdermott2300

    @christophermcdermott2300

    3 ай бұрын

    Can confirm. Source: officer at the dep 6th Precinct. Stay safe :)

  • @steve1711
    @steve17114 ай бұрын

    Wow - we used to have some lead pipes in the UK, but they were all removed in 1980. Unbelievable how the US is in a terminal decline.

  • @i_am_a_toast_of_french

    @i_am_a_toast_of_french

    4 ай бұрын

    because it's fine if you put in anti-corrosion chemicals

  • @McRemmyBaby

    @McRemmyBaby

    4 ай бұрын

    @@i_am_a_toast_of_frenchew

  • @USA__WILL
    @USA__WILL4 ай бұрын

    You can find anything in drinking water depending where you get the sample.

  • @nicoleannhoward9259
    @nicoleannhoward92594 ай бұрын

    hey cash do another video where you go test some big named schools and university's in new york please. great vlog thank for uploading i learned alot.

  • @dianedenham5259

    @dianedenham5259

    4 ай бұрын

    Interesting idea, but I can't see him getting permission to test. And if he was clandestine in testing he would still risk getting sued if he published the info. Tricky.

  • @sherlyn.a

    @sherlyn.a

    4 ай бұрын

    What do you mean by testing? Testing what?

  • @dianedenham5259

    @dianedenham5259

    4 ай бұрын

    @@sherlyn.a : the quality of the drinking water.

  • @wolverinescratch
    @wolverinescratch4 ай бұрын

    But they have billions to spend on wars not concerning them

  • @gibbygibbygibby7237
    @gibbygibbygibby72374 ай бұрын

    Take advantage of free water testing over testing kits you can buy in the store. Those kits are binary tests (e.g., is the lead level above or below ~10 micrograms per liter). They don’t tell you the actual level like taking and running a sample in a lab.

  • @tthappyrock368
    @tthappyrock3684 ай бұрын

    It's great that NYC has so many measures in place to check that drinking eater is safe! We went through the school drinking fountain replacement thing here in the Portland, Oregon metro area a few years back. There's concern about drinking water in rural areas of the state--especially from wells. So much of the world doesn't have clean water to drink!

  • @MM-qp4pd

    @MM-qp4pd

    4 ай бұрын

    That's ok cause you're all vax.ed and boosted every week. Dr. Shiva Ayadurai explains infrastructure in his videos. And don't forget the microplastics from fast fashion, polyester clothes that seep into your water when you do laundry.

  • @irmakalember9403

    @irmakalember9403

    3 ай бұрын

    Our tap water is lot good period. It’s all polluted

  • @chicgal3
    @chicgal34 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the water filtration lesson 😊We learn this as kids But Literally don’t think about it for years until you hear about Flint & realize how vulnerable we are & can be so as someone who lives in a major city of Chicago, and possibly may move to New York, one day or someday somewhat soon always known our water is pretty great but the pipes and buildings are a real issue and here in some of the areas of Chicago they are replacing all the pipes and of course they’re in areas that are black and brown populations so it just makes you think how safe is our water and just seeing your test strip kit makes me think how I need to do the same even though I drink filtered water and use filtration pictures and haven’t had any issues. You just don’t know what you don’t know.

  • @user-qp3wt5qe9g
    @user-qp3wt5qe9g4 ай бұрын

    Another reason not to live in NYC. Arrrrrggggghhhh!

  • @lindageiling5922

    @lindageiling5922

    4 ай бұрын

    It's not just NYC. Florida has horrible water, Detroit, California, I'm sure other states.

  • @powertechnical
    @powertechnical4 ай бұрын

    My first thought was, if you have lead in water then it must be old lead pipes. I am not an expert on water cleaning but I think you are suppose to kill all the bad stuff with the UV lights and then add chlorine to keep it clean for longer. I hear some people try to treat water only with chlorine and then add too much of it. A study in South Africa found that bottle water is not so clean because of dangerous metals in it.

  • @noahknight4039
    @noahknight40394 ай бұрын

    I think I haven’t drank tap water in over 10 years. $4500 for a crap box apartment, rats, roaches and toxic water. But it’s New York, you have parks and museums.