Groups that advocate for clean water are applauding the Environmental Protection Agency's new rule on replacing lead pipes - but they warn that the drinking water in schools remains at risk

The [Environmental Protection Agency] has set a 10-year deadline for most utilities to replace lead service lines, but omitted requirements for schools to replace the water fountains or plumbing that have lead components.

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  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I just said to a friend of mine this morning, “do you think we’re all weird as fuck because of all the lead fumes we were breathing in from all the cars when we were kids?”

    But I guess the lead poisoning has gone on unabated regardless, so we don’t have that excuse.