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Unfortunately, "lead in the water" is not a boolean, and is extremely dependent on things the landlord doesn't control - especially the chemistry of the municip
by bell-cot 1y ago
Unfortunately, "lead in the water" is not a boolean, and is extremely dependent on things the landlord doesn't control - especially the chemistry of the municipal water supply. But our legal system makes it easiest to sue the landlord.
Sure, you could rip out all the old metal pipes and replace them with (say) PVC. Even handwaving the expense and issues of that - did you just replace "lead" with "microplastics"?
- charcircuit 1y ago>is not boolean There is a concentration of it where it becomes harmful. >dependent on things the landlord doesn't control They have the ability to filter water.
- bell-cot 1y ago> There is a concentration of it where... Unfortunately, lead seems to follow a "anything above 0.000000000000% is harmful, though more is worse" rule. > They have the ability to... True, but there are a lot of filter-worthy things which can be found in drinking water - https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/national-primary-drinking-water-regulations https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/national... - so how much filtering, for which contaminants, should they have to do? How often should they have to re-test the (probably municipal) water supply, to verify that their filtering is doing the job? And how much will they mark up the price of water for their tenants, to cover the expenses of all their extra filtering and testing?