President Biden on Tuesday announced $2.6 billion in funding to replace all lead pipes in the United States as part of a new EPA rule that will require lead pipes to be identified and replaced within 10 years using the new funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act.

  • queermunist she/her
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    -103 months ago

    So anyone with lead in their pipes has to continue to be poisoned for up to ten years before the government generously deems them worthy of clean water.