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submitted 11 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@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.

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[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

I've long wondered if lead exposure accounts for their behaviors over the past couple decades.

That's exactly what has happened.

Imagine, if you will, a country that has a lot of land area, which uses personal ground transport to grt around. Imagine if, for decades, those personal transport machines used large, ineffcient engines that ran on a fuel that caused aerosolized lead to be blown into the atmosphere at a staggering rate?

[-] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

Do not forget lead paint, pipes and crystal.

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Also more recently, people who will cycle 1000 rounds of cheap ammo through sixteen different guns as a hobby and then spread that lead contamination all through their car and home, and they'll do this every week for years.

Shooting as a hobby isn't new, but the volume and frequency people are doing it has definitely gone way up in some parts of the US in the past 30 years.

[-] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

I remember watching a grand thumb (gun nut YouTuber) video where he found out about the lead poisoning and started wearing an N95 mask at the range.

He switched to lead free ammo IIRC. His buddies made fun of him.

[-] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I hadn't thought of that one.

[-] too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Imagine, if you will, a three by seven inch wooden frame -- a frame that's a gateway to a world of imagination. Wipe your mind on the welcome mat. You're about to enter...

The Scary Door.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

It turns out it's man.

[-] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

That's a tiny door

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