The Biden administration has announced a proposal to “strengthen its Lead and Copper Rule that would require water systems to replace lead service lines within 10 years,” the White House said in a statement on Thursday.

According to the White House, more than 9.2 million American households connect to water through lead pipes and lead service lines and, due to “decades of inequitable infrastructure development and underinvestment,” many Americans are at risk of lead exposure.

“There is no safe level of exposure to lead, particularly for children, and eliminating lead exposure from the air, water, and homes is a crucial component of the Biden-Harris Administration’s historic commitment to advancing environmental justice,” the Biden administration said.

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    11 months ago

    Europe has lead pipes as well, buddy.

    They’re perfectly safe as long as idiots don’t change the water supply to one that’s more acidic without buffering the pH.

    Hell, England and Wales have nearly 3x more than the entire US.

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      11 months ago

      That isn’t perfectly safe. That is normally safe, but once in a while something will go wrong and they become unsafe.

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        11 months ago

        If it goes wrong long enough after the pipes have been in service it’s barely an issue iirc because there is now a coat of corroded lead inside the pipes that does not cause lead poisoning

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      11 months ago

      When people say europe they usually aren’t thinking of countries such as Russia, Turkey, or the UK.