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Apr 20 2016 07:17pm
Hi, i dont know if you heard about this article:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/03/11/nearly-2000-water-systems-fail-lead-tests/81220466/

so to know how exposed you can be:

- old water system, or not*
- the hardest the water is it, the lesser will be the lead concentration

*According to experts, at least 7.3 million homes are connected to the water system by lead pipes. Most of these systems were built before 1930, but some later buildings also contain lead. So there is a double penalty for the most ancient cities: the houses there are likely to have lead pipes, and joint networks too.


note the "reduced IQ" for children, it's a well know problem




[lead piping systems upgrade, a task estimated by the EPA in 2003 to cost $276.8 billion and take more than 20 years achieve]

thanks, and good luck.

This post was edited by Saucisson6000 on Apr 20 2016 07:23pm
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Apr 20 2016 07:24pm
A real shame.

I can vouch as there are some real crap holes in NJ. Would rather drink river water in some places.

Drinking from my free market water filter as I type ;)
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Apr 20 2016 07:29pm
Quote (EndlessSky @ 21 Apr 2016 02:24)
A real shame.

I can vouch as there are some real crap holes in NJ. Would rather drink river water in some places.

Drinking from my free market water filter as I type ;)


are you too poor to drink bottled water ?

edit: sorry for my english, also saw some bad typo in first post.
but i hope it's still understandable ;)

This post was edited by Saucisson6000 on Apr 20 2016 07:50pm
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Apr 20 2016 08:14pm
Quote (Saucisson6000 @ Apr 20 2016 09:29pm)
are you too poor to drink bottled water ?

edit: sorry for my english, also saw some bad typo in first post.
but i hope it's still understandable ;)


Nah, Nestle and Pellegrino/Gerolsteiner are decent too, and pretty inexpensive, but I'm lazy and stick to tap water other times. Tap water also makes more sense for brewing tea/etc. because of the large quantities of water.

Your English is pretty good today.
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Quote (EndlessSky @ 21 Apr 2016 03:14)
Nah, Nestle and Pellegrino/Gerolsteiner are decent too, and pretty inexpensive, but I'm lazy and stick to tap water other times. Tap water also makes more sense for brewing tea/etc. because of the large quantities of water.
Your English is pretty good today.


i heard the best is those japanese charcoal sticks
but what will happen to those ignorant/low educated - and poor famillies ? ...
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Apr 20 2016 09:58pm
Bottled water is usually tap. Why give companies free money?
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Apr 21 2016 05:29am
Irritability? Maybe I'm being poisoned too.
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Apr 21 2016 05:32am
The situation in Flint is so saddening.

Why hasn't Obama just sent the National Guard to replace the piping whilst simultaneously prosecuting those responsible?

From what I've seen it looks like a national emergency to me.
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Apr 21 2016 05:36am
Quote (EndlessSky @ Apr 20 2016 08:24pm)
A real shame.

I can vouch as there are some real crap holes in NJ. Would rather drink river water in some places.

Drinking from my free market water filter as I type ;)


White privilege tastes great.
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Apr 21 2016 05:37am
Quote (balrog66 @ Apr 21 2016 06:32am)
The situation in Flint is so saddening.

Why hasn't Obama just sent the National Guard to replace the piping whilst simultaneously prosecuting those responsible?

From what I've seen it looks like a national emergency to me.


Cause we're fucking broke.
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