The proposed rule, aimed at reducing exposure to a potent neurotoxin, would require water systems nationwide to replace lead pipes that carry tap water to homes, schools and offices
The proposed rule, aimed at reducing exposure to a potent neurotoxin, would require water systems nationwide to replace lead pipes that carry tap water to homes, schools and offices
Watch Republicans argue that lead is good for kids.
The children yearn for the lead
It has what kids crave
It’s got Electrolytes!
I’d be interested to see map of lead pipe concentration vs one of political affiliation.
States with the most lead pipes, most at the top
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/states-with-the-most-lead-pipes
You’re going to see a map of older areas, that is, urban cores and inner-ring suburbs. In other words, I don’t think you’re going to find the correlation you’re probably hoping for.
To be fair, though, the official government line – uh, until today, I guess – is that lead water mains weren’t actually a problem because of the large volume of water flowing through them relative to the rate of corrosion, unless you did something stupid (like the Republican governor-appointed emergency manager did to Flint) to cause them to corrode abnormally rapidly. Hopefully there isn’t much of a widespread correlation between political affiliation and brain damage from exposure to lead via plumbing at all.
I’m pretty sure lead is what makes people conservatives. Look at when there was lead in things like paint and every car burned leaded gas.
Chicago proves you wrong. Chicago mandated lead pipes long after everyone else was phasing it out. They have high levels of violence now, often believed in part because of that lead, and they are known as a place where liberals have been in control for forever.
I had lead when I was a kid and I turned out just fine!