Just to offer a counterpoint to the issue about this being public health, I think we all recognize it is a public health issue, but I think Mr. Bratina's perspective is that the health aspect is not what he wants to do something about. He's not advocating that we do research to see the scope of the health problem. He's bought into the fact that research shows that lead can impact the developing brain, and he's sold on that. I think where he would like us to focus is on where the fix is. I had some of the same reservations, and I still do, which is why I don't want to get into a really lengthy study on this, but there might be something to discuss with FCM, for example, about how infrastructure funds could be delivered, whether the gas tax is the right way to go, and whether there are advocacy efforts that we could be doing.
There are just two areas that come to mind for me where there's some utility in doing a study, and it's really on the advocacy and awareness piece and on the delivery of infrastructure funding that could be used for this project. My inclination is to go forward with a short study that kicks off the discussion on this issue.