{"id":1619124,"date":"2022-08-22T14:57:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T18:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1619124"},"modified":"2022-08-22T14:57:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T18:57:28","slug":"fact-check-was-polio-found-in-new-york-city-tap-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-was-polio-found-in-new-york-city-tap-water\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Was Polio Found In New York City Tap Water?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-was-polio-found-in-new-york-city-tap-water%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1619124&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-12T160439Z_1_LYNXMPEI7B0OV_RTROPTP_4_USA-SEPT11-scaled-e1660833797229.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IntegrityArms\/posts\/pfbid03QgV2sbh5GhvDnrfrVFVKppQaY5egQudU8xAzFn2tcJGWd8FJiqvRg3EE4MhFtGZl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims the polio virus was found in \u201cNew York City water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: Misleading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While traces of polio were recently detected in New York wastewater, there is no indication that the virus has been discovered in New York City tap water.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A recent report from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/71\/wr\/mm7133e2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> (CDC) stated that the polio virus has been found in several samples of wastewater in the New York City area. The virus is believed to have been circulating in the area for months, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/08\/16\/polio-circulating-locally-in-nyc-area-poses-risk-to-unvaccinated-cdc-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An image shared on Facebook suggests the virus has now been found in the city\u2019s tap water. The image shows a screenshot of a tweet that includes a photo. of New York City Mayor Eric Adams drinking the city\u2019s tap water. \u201cDo you all remember that time when Mayor Adam\u2019s told everyone in New York City to drink the tap water? Anyways, they found Polio in the New York City water,\u201d reads the tweet\u2019s text.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are similar to a 3rd world country now because people didn\u2019t like \u2018mean tweets,&#8217;\u201d the post\u2019s caption claims. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/08\/11\/fact-check-monkeypox-spreading-pfizer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Is Monkeypox Only Spreading In Countries Where The Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Has Been Distributed?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The claim is baseless. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=polio+found+in+new+york+tap+water&amp;oq=polio+found+in+new+york+tap+water&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l2.9889j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no credible news reports<\/a> to suggest that polio was found in New York tap water. No such announcement appears on the <a href=\"https:\/\/search.health.ny.gov\/search?q=polio+found+in+new+york+tap+water&amp;btnG=Search&amp;site=doh_collection&amp;client=default_frontend&amp;proxystylesheet=default_frontend&amp;output=xml_no_dtd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York State Department of Health\u2019s website<\/a> or the department\u2019s verified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100064454178838\/search?q=polio%20found%20in%20new%20york%20tap%20water&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lOjAiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJjcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJ7XFxcInN0YXJ0X3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIyLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfeWVhclxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjJcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIyLTEyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMi0xLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMi0xMi0zMVxcXCJ9XCJ9In0%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?lang=en&amp;q=%22polio%20found%20in%20new%20york%20tap%20water%22%20(from%3AHealthNYGov)%20lang%3Aen&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nysdoh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pages.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have not seen any reputable sources report poliovirus in the drinking water supply,\u201d said Dr. Marny Eulberg, a polio survivor and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.papolionetwork.org\/uploads\/9\/9\/7\/0\/99704804\/dr_marny_eulberg_-_biography.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">member<\/a> of the Board of Polio Health International, in an email to Check Your Fact. \u201cIf that were true, I\u2019d expect to be seeing at least a few cases of acute polio paralysis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Yorkers should know that wastewater is <b>not<\/b> the same as drinking water, and wastewater collected in sewer systems\u00a0<b>cannot<\/b> be a source of infection or transmission for the general public,\u201d Samantha Fuld, a spokesperson for the New York State Department of Health, told Check Your Fact in an email. \u201cWastewater in our sewage systems does <b>not<\/b>\u00a0contaminate our drinking water, including tap water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time the city of New York has been the subject of health-related misinformation. Check Your Fact previously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/10\/06\/fact-check-new-york-hospitals-refusing-release-newborn-babies-unvaccinated-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a claim from October 20201 suggested hospitals were refusing to release newborns to parents unvaccinated against COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook claims the polio virus was found in \u201cNew York City water.\u201dVerdict: MisleadingWhile traces of polio were recently detected in New York wastewater, there is no<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1619124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1619124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1619124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1619124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1619124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}