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Biden Administration Announces Plan to Replace 100% of Lead Pipes in U.S. Homes

posted by martyb on Friday December 17 2021, @10:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the get-the-lead-out dept.

takyon writes:

Biden administration announces plan to replace 100% of lead pipes in US homes

The Biden administration on Thursday announced a "whole of government strategy" to remove dangerous lead from Americans' drinking water, including billions of dollars to begin replacing 100% of the lead pipes servicing the nation's homes.

Environmental groups praised the plan, which includes a promise to begin the process of strengthening the nation's drinking water standards to reflect the science showing that lead is toxic for children at any level.

But lawyers at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), which has been leading efforts to fight lead, said they worry that the plan lacks a solid timeline and fails to deliver enforceable requirements.

The set of actions announced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) included the release of the first $2.9bn of $15bn approved in Biden's infrastructure plan for local water agencies to begin replacing lead pipes and called for the efforts to focus on the low-income communities who face the most risk of lead poisoning. It also listed 15 new actions across 10 federal agencies to address lead dangers from both water and paint.

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  • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Saturday December 18 2021, @09:48PM (2 children)

    by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Saturday December 18 2021, @09:48PM (#1206234) Homepage Journal

    That's nonsense. My favorite bar is in the worst part of Springfield. There are about an equal number of Whites and Blacks living in that neighborhood, because it's not about race, it's about wealth. You will find very few Blacks in the west side McMansions because very few Blacks have the money, but poor whites still outnumber poor blacks. Race is a tool of the rich to keep the poor from understanding who's really holding them down.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 19 2021, @05:15AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 19 2021, @05:15AM (#1206304)

    How do you explain to people losing their jobs to cheap immigrants that stopping immigration isn't the solution?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 19 2021, @06:53AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 19 2021, @06:53AM (#1206317)

      Point out that most of the good jobs are being shipped overseas and that the profits are going to the elites.