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Feds set deadline to replace lead water pipes; schools excluded

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Feds set deadline to replace lead water pipes; schools excluded

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Groups that advocate for clean water are applauding the Environmental Protection Agency's new rule on replacing lead pipes - but they warn that the drinking water in schools remains at risk

The [Environmental Protection Agency] has set a 10-year deadline for most utilities to replace lead service lines, but omitted requirements for schools to replace the water fountains or plumbing that have lead components.

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Air lead exposure in the US dropped off a cliff in the late 70s, people born after 1980 had very little lead exposure from the air on a population level

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- @Feathercrown
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  You must have been born before 1980 ;)
  - Nougat
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    Born during Nixon, and I remember Carter.
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