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and these same people vote in people that shut down the epa and do everything possible to poison their children. let them get what they asked for.
You know better than that, or rather, you know that you don't know that. Hard enough to get the water quality data, apparently, let alone join that to voter records.
It is hard to sue government. It is even harder to make them lose their jobs. When it comes to compensation they will simply use our own money to pay back. Utilities remains a major pain in USA partly because of the ridiculous government control which invariably leads to corruption. I have been exclusively using distilled water in Sunnyvale for last 3 years. Water in Sunnyvale has dangerous levels of pesticides if no…
(happy to have my worries put to rest by HN'ers!)
its very scary how many disease-rate graphs go straight up since the vaccine rate was 7x'd in 1975: abortion, miscarriage, retardation, autism, deformity, vagina cancer, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, lower sperm count, breast cancer, adhd, chrons, asperbergers, spinal diseases, learning disability, parkinsons and dementia, als, alzheimers, various other learning disabilities deformities and abnormalitys
searching for a catalyst: and vaccine rate further 4x'ed in 1980, and 4x'ed in 1990, and 4x'ed in 2000
the data was removed from reddit, hackernews, and 4chan, without reason
This is a public health disaster. It's tough to really fathom the number of children across the country that will suffer mental and behavioral problems for life because of this. Why are there not more lawsuits? Is the scope of the damage too difficult to quantify, or the negligent parties too diffuse/remote to sue? As much as our litigation-based culture is vilified, it can help spur action by changing the cost/benef…
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In my area (Western PA), the water authority is working to replace lead service lines, but only to the curb. Unfortunately, it is up to the homeowner to replace the line from the curb to the house. This is quite expensive, and depending on the topography, requires a significant amount of digging. This is not an excuse, but I think it's important to point out in some cases, the issues with lead are on private property…
Wait, what? They have actual lead pipes for drinking water? That's insane.
This is a public health disaster. It's tough to really fathom the number of children across the country that will suffer mental and behavioral problems for life because of this. Why are there not more lawsuits? Is the scope of the damage too difficult to quantify, or the negligent parties too diffuse/remote to sue? As much as our litigation-based culture is vilified, it can help spur action by changing the cost/benef…
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Flint made news because the problem was new. Flint water used to be safe, and then it became unsafe. There are a lot of problems nobody bothers with because they're not new problems.
Flint also made news because local control was subverted by the state to make the decision.
This is a public health disaster. It's tough to really fathom the number of children across the country that will suffer mental and behavioral problems for life because of this. Why are there not more lawsuits? Is the scope of the damage too difficult to quantify, or the negligent parties too diffuse/remote to sue? As much as our litigation-based culture is vilified, it can help spur action by changing the cost/benef…
I'd bet that's down the road. Only recently has testing your water for lead/etc become cheap, easy, and relevant. If you tested your water for lead 10 years ago society would probably label you paranoid - still might in many places.
New York City sends you a free lead test kit, if you ask for it [1].
[1] http://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/service/1266/water-lead-te...