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The top infrastructure priority in the entire United States should be to remove all lead pipes. It would cost a lot but it would have an enormous effect on heal
by sschueller 8y ago
The top infrastructure priority in the entire United States should be to remove all lead pipes. It would cost a lot but it would have an enormous effect on health and reduce crime/violence.
It would also result in a very large number of jobs.
- nmeofthestate 8y agoWhere I come from, the advice is to just leave them as a protective layer has formed on the inside of the pipes through oxidation.
- majjam 8y agoWhere I come from, the main problem isn't the lead pipes, it's the lead solder used on the lead pipes.
- jpfed 8y agoWhere I come from, the solder is not much of a problem. We paid everyone a ton of money to replace their pipes, leaving only solder and fittings as lead sources, and we have very little lead in our water to speak of. https://www.npr.org/2016/03/31/472567733/avoiding-a-future-crisis-madison-removed-lead-water-pipes-15-years-ago https://www.npr.org/2016/03/31/472567733/avoiding-a-future-c...
- jhfdbkofdcho 8y agoWhere I come from https://www.npr.org/2016/03/16/470512927/before-flint-lead-contaminated-water-plagued-schools-across-u-s https://www.npr.org/2016/03/16/470512927/before-flint-lead-c...
- thatcat 8y agoIt's a CaCO3 layer that keeps lead out of solution by raising pH.