Lead Drinking-Water Pipes Must Be Replaced Nationwide, E.P.A. Says |The “historic” rule aims to eliminate a major source of lead poisoning and comes a decade after a drinking-water crisis in Flint

If the Supreme Court lets it stand. Reminder: executive agencies don’t have deference to independently interpret laws like the Clean Drinking Water Act anymore, so this new rule will stand until someone decides to challenge it, and until a court decides they’d rather continue poisoning future generations instead of allowing the experts to do their jobs, which is something SCOTUS would apparently prefer.

But who will vote for the Republicans if they do this‽

Thank you President Biden. The infrastructure guy.

Just about 50 years later than most modernized nations

It’s crazy how shitty my parents end of the Boomers are at taking care of the country. It’s almost as if they’re completely incompetent (they are). They got the shit beat out of them by banks, petrochemical companies and religious weirdos.

Meanwhile in NJ I got a letter saying I have to tear up the lawn and street and replace my galvanized pipes leading to the house from the street into my basement for pvc or something at my own cost for no reason. Like 10k+ sort of money. Thanks ill wait as absolutely long as I can for that. It's not lead but it's not a choice either, more like a legal timer.

Let the age of plastics, and the synthetic endocrine disruptors they produce (which have been variously linked to increases in autism [1], endometriosis [1], heart disease [1], and gender nonconformity [1], among other things), REIGN SUPREME!

P.S, I'm aware some of what endocrine disruptors have been linked to might seem like controversial claims, but they do not invalidate the lived experiences attached to them. Someone with autism or gender non-conformity isn't suddenly invalid just because synthetic hormone analogues might have acted as catalysts, anymore than someone with endometriosis will suddenly stop feeling pain just because plastic hormones were highlighted as one possible cause. The endo pains are still real, just as the identities are real... Just like in the previous century lead induced increases in crime and violence were real. The crimes and jail sentences weren't somehow erased or invalidated just because lead may have been influencing people's behavioural limits. We are sacks of chemicals, we changed as the composition of what's in the sack does... Whether that change is from thoughts, education, practice, training, medicine, environmental conditions, habits, experiences, lifestyle, perceptions dreams, ideological shifts, or moods and foods... We're still humans. All of these factors are involved in our human experiences of life.

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