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Originally Posted by Shrek
Your own country still has a lead pipe problem, which really is not surprising considering how old many buildings and infrastructure really is in the EU, it is not on a major extent but then again
http://dwi.defra.gov.uk/consumers/ad...flets/lead.pdf
We do not, nor have we in decades used lead pipes, believe it or not America actually has standards which ya'll end up basing much of your own environmental legislation off of.
Flint is classic of many American cities now, and yours to follow. As the global economy exports jobs and immediate pollution, which saves everyone money in one area, local governments run out of money as they lose their tax base and are now barely able to take care of potholes. Again, flints water problem its not indicative of all however we do need to address our problems, that means you as well, in order to advance as supposed intelligent human beings. I see little advancement where it matters. |
It seems that you guys have plenty of lead pipes and, as yet, you don't know where they are.
Flint mayor calls for immediate removal of lead pipes
Your UK reference of 6 years ago. aimed as general advice for the consumer, confirms that we banned the use of lead pipes here in the 1970s, just 25 years after the end of WW2.
Most use of lead pipes for water supply in the UK ended around 1944 but at that time we had been dismantling metals from all sorts of sources and putting them in to our war effort alongside 50 lend lease destroyers.
The situation for the UK, as at 2013, is summarised here:
http://dwi.defra.gov.uk/stakeholders...dance-lead.pdf
Read beyond the headlines and appendix 1 tells the tale about how the UK stacks up in comparison with the good people of Flint; the latter do appear to be let down greatly by their own politicians.
Quelle surpris.
I deduce that we have much to learn from the USA experience but those lessons are not to be emulated.
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