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They didn't realize what would happen. The Flint River water is safe to drink - it only becomes unsafe when you run it through lead pipes.
by gozur88 11y ago
They didn't realize what would happen. The Flint River water is safe to drink - it only becomes unsafe when you run it through lead pipes.
- alanwatts 11y agoThen why did they choose to use lead pipes?
- gozur88 11y agoBecause it's cheap, easy to work with, and tends to deform under stress instead of breaking. These were old pipes - they pre-date this problem by decades.
- alanwatts 11y agoDid they know that they were lead pipes before they decided to start using them?
- DanBC 11y agoWater companies should be measuring the quality of the water going into the pipes, but they also need to sample the water that comes out of the pipes - they need to collect samples coming out of people's faucets.
- alanwatts 11y agoSad that such an obvious thing needs to be stated.
- gozur88 11y agoUsing them for what? These are not new pipes. They've been using these pipes for decades.