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My understanding is that the high calcium content in their water supply formed a lining on the inside of the pipes which largely prevented any exposure.
by arthurbrown 11mo ago
My understanding is that the high calcium content in their water supply formed a lining on the inside of the pipes which largely prevented any exposure.
- decimalenough 11mo agoThey doubled down on the exposure by adding lead to wine though. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6750289/#:~:text=The%20custom%20of%20sweetening%20and,%2C%20moreover%2C%20an%20agreeable%20flavour. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6750289/#:~:text=The%20custo...
- IAmBroom 11mo agoA bit of a reverse tax, that. The poor didn't drink adultered wine; they drank aqueduct water.
- LorenPechtel 11mo agoYeah, the water problems in Flint weren't the pipes directly, but that the water had changed so the lead was no longer protected from getting in the water.