silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoFlint finally replaced its lead pipes | The contamination in Flint, Michigan, sparked a national dialogue about the harms of lead pipes and the country’s aging water infrastructure.www.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1155arrow-down1external-linkFlint finally replaced its lead pipes | The contamination in Flint, Michigan, sparked a national dialogue about the harms of lead pipes and the country’s aging water infrastructure.www.washingtonpost.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·2 days agoThe problem started in 2014, when a state-appointed administrator took over and stopped measures which had been used to limit corrosion, sharply increasing peoples’ exposure to lead from the old pipes.
minus-squareZahille7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoIt feels like it’s been 20 years since I first heard about Flint and their water. I guess it was when I was just in high school ten years ago. Damn.
minus-squareRubberElectrons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoFriend, don’t even start us older folks down that path lol
The problem started in 2014, when a state-appointed administrator took over and stopped measures which had been used to limit corrosion, sharply increasing peoples’ exposure to lead from the old pipes.
It feels like it’s been 20 years since I first heard about Flint and their water.
I guess it was when I was just in high school ten years ago. Damn.
Friend, don’t even start us older folks down that path lol