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People knew about lead in people’s pipes in Flint. They stopped buffering the water to save money, which leached lead out of pipes in people’s houses. It was a
by ch4s3 6y ago
People knew about lead in people’s pipes in Flint. They stopped buffering the water to save money, which leached lead out of pipes in people’s houses. It was a politically engineered disaster.
- maxerickson 6y agoAnd/or the supply lines running from the mains to the houses (which you wouldn't be able to look at the pipes in the house and see). But the contamination happening in the pipes, near the taps, would limit the usefulness of this sort of monitoring (you'd have to do it at each customer location).
- ch4s3 6y agoYeah, monitoring isn't helpful when people knew what the issue would be upfront.