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It was known long ago that lead (and other) water pipes develop a passivation layer due to minerals in the water, and the water is adjusted to do so if it doesn
by userbinator 1y ago
It was known long ago that lead (and other) water pipes develop a passivation layer due to minerals in the water, and the water is adjusted to do so if it doesn't naturally, but everyone knows about the case of Flint, Michigan where they didn't.
- AdamN 1y agoYeah those types of second order problems are really tough in low-intelligence bureaucracies. 1/ Lead is good for pipes!, 2/ lead is bad for health!, 3/ ok we've ripped out half the pipes but it turns out that when we control the mineral mix in the water we can mitigate the lead contamination from pipes that are hard to replace, 4/ let's do something cheaper and not do any due diligence and forget that 3 was done some time ago.
- IAmBroom 1y ago5/ because it's only poor blacks anyway.
- pfannkuchen 1y agoWho didn’t maintain the pipes properly? Was it a different group of people taking advantage somehow, or was it that same group? Just curious, as I see this brought up a lot, but it seems like the government is probably made up of the same demographics as the area?
- AdamN 1y agoFamously not so in Flint.
- pfannkuchen 1y agoWho are you referring to?