MicroWaveNov 30, 2023

Biden announces proposal to replace all lead water service lines in US within 10 years

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Biden announces proposal to replace all lead water service lines in US within 10 years - Lemmy.World

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.

Show thread_haha_oh_wow_Nov 30, 2023
Can’t wait for the GOP to sabotage this so they can oWn ThE LiBs: “Lead free pipes are for socialists!”
Show threadDarkGamerNov 30, 2023
I've long wondered if lead exposure accounts for their behaviors over the past couple decades
Show threadJayNov 30, 2023
I’m not sure about that, I’ve had lead poisoning for thirty years and I’m still not stupid enough to support those assholes.
Show threadpeopleproblemsNov 30, 2023

it’s dose dependant, and while your particular neurological effects may be different, in population studies for almost every country where lead has been banned, there is a direct relationship to violent crimes as well. Lead gasoline use goes up, crime rate goes up. Lead gasoline stops, and as the lead is measured to leave the environment, the violent crime goes down.

Intelligence is only one possible thing affected. It’s also highly associated with emotional impulsiveness.

Show threadJayNov 30, 2023
Oh I’m sure. I have many of those issues, but then I also did before I was poisoned and treated for it. How much it affected me is hard to say though overall because I’ve got adhd and have always been impulsive… My temper has been an issue since I was born, so I have a lot of practice suppressing it.
Show threadPersnickityPenguin
How did you find out you had lead poisoning?
Dec 2, 2023 at 2:08amWeb
Show threadJayDec 2, 2023
I burned my leg by getting splashed with a bit of molten metal when I was working at a metal foundry when I was around 21 years old. My family doc tending to it ran some tests and next thing I knew I was on medication for it… some kind of horse sized pills that were nearly impossible to keep down.