Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Flint is still poisoning America's water


Biden Administration Proposes 100% Replacement Of Lead Drinking Water Infrastructure at a cost of 45 billion dollars. The water distribution infrastructure is old but the problem is not the lead pipes but the mains that break frequently for lack of maintenance. It is a municipal problem, as the cities have no competent personnel and no budgets (because "water is a human right" ergo humans need not pay the bills. Only dumb animals still pay). The rationale for this grandiose program is the "lead poisoning emergency" in Flint. As you may remember, the Flint Water Treatment Plant workers did not add buffer to the drinking water, causing leaching of lead. Lead in water is toxic and lowers IQ, however no one knows if Flint's low IQ existed before the lead or after.  Obama's emergency in Flint frightened the population that they were being poisoned by the Governor of the State, or the EPA, and they voted for the Democrats. Biden builds on Obama's success. Pic.: 
Different kinds of iron corrosion and rust were found in Flint drinking water pipes. Photo credit: Min Tang and Kelsey Pieper, Flintwaterstudy.org. Note Iron corrosion, not lead. 

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