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Lead-Laced Drinking Water Must Be Addressed in American Schools
Townhall.com ^ | September 12, 2021 | Madison Dibble

Posted on 09/12/2021 5:01:46 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Mouton
Another created problem.

We survived into our senior years despite drinking from lead-contaminated water pipes in schools, parks and home. Also asbestos in linoleum tiles in all our schools. Environmentalists make a stink about taking lead out of paint, but didn't do anything about it in other materials. Unless you're a ship-worker working in shipyards on asbestos and lead on a daily basis, the risks are blown out of proportion. In my youth, I actually cut sheets of asbestos for use in retarding flames from torches at workbenches. In my 70s now, still healthy.

21 posted on 09/12/2021 12:10:18 PM PDT by roadcat
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The pipes themselves are not lead. Before the 1960s nearly every pipe joint be it cast iron to cast iron or copper to copper used lead in the solder joints. As long as the water stays basic in PH level the natural lead oxide later on the seam of the joint will form and very little lead as in sub ppm levels will leach into the water stream. In places where the PH levels go acidic then you have issues flint Mn being the most famous they switched their water source and a skimped on the chemicals to turn the more acidic water back to the basic PH that had existed for decades and the lead started to leach out of the pipe joints not only in the city cast iron mains but also the home copper to copper joints.


22 posted on 09/12/2021 12:10:23 PM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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Wow, so the really old parts of the country do still have lead service lines. That’s crazy it’s still allowed. Something like 40% of NYC has lead service lines.

https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/lead-pipes-in-nyc-are-you-at-risk-9b7e078672a0


23 posted on 09/12/2021 12:30:56 PM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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