butters
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all the more reason to get President Biden's infrastructure bill passed so as lead piping can get removed, most specifically in schools.
one wonders about correlations between lead piping and maga hot-spots
State tells city residents not to drink tap water after three years of dangerous lead contamination
Levels of lead significantly exceeding the federal action level of 15 parts per billion have been reported in Benton Harbor, Mich., since at least 2018.
https://thehill.com/changing-americ...-residents-not-to-drink-tap-water-after-threeAdvocates said Benton Harbor residents for the past three years have been “subjected to levels of lead contamination from their public water system that presents an imminent and substantial endangerment to their health.”
Levels of lead significantly exceeding the federal action level of 15 parts per billion have been reported in the city since at least 2018, according to the petition from the Natural Resources Defense Council.
The city has 5,877 total service lines, 51 percent of which “are known to contain lead, are known to be galvanized lines previously connected to lead, or are of unknown material but likely to contain lead,” according to the petition. Just 2 percent have been confirmed as containing no lead.
all the more reason to get President Biden's infrastructure bill passed so as lead piping can get removed, most specifically in schools.
one wonders about correlations between lead piping and maga hot-spots