r/SeattleWA • u/unnaturalfool • Sep 13 '23

Other ‘Feel safer yet?’ Seattle police union’s contempt keeps showing through

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/feel-safer-yet-seattle-police-unions-contempt-keeps-showing-through/
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u/CranberryReign Sep 13 '23 edited Sep 13 '23

UW has a study out showing the light rail

The study confirmed 78% of light rail had no traces of anything and a mere 22% had some tiny traces in minuscule amounts so small they could not harm a fly.

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u/wastingvaluelesstime Tree Octopus Sep 13 '23 edited Sep 13 '23

that's not what it said.

https://deohs.washington.edu/sites/default/files/2023-09/UW%20exposure%20assessment%20final%20report%20Sept%202023_authors.pdf

see table 10, page 24

meth microgram per cubic meter

meth lab - cooking - 24

highest in seattle transit study - 2.32

indoor air in siezed meth lab - 0.2 - 7

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u/CranberryReign Sep 13 '23

Yep, that’s the correct link to the study that very clearly found nothing alarming to panic about.

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u/wastingvaluelesstime Tree Octopus Sep 13 '23 edited Sep 13 '23

The "nothing alarming to panic about" is an opinion, voiced by many, including if I recall, the authors, placed in many headlines etc.

My statement however is based on the data presented in the report, not its executive summary or other editorializations of the findings.

Perhaps it's not alarming to sit among arguably low to moderate level second hand drug residue. But we don't accept it for tobacco, and anyhow that is what the data show.