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minus-squareNewNewAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoWhere in the developed world can you get sick by drinking tap water?
minus-squareJaytreeman@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoIn Canada there are communities that have been under boil water advisories for years
minus-squarestevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoCan i introduce you to flint, Michigan, USA?
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoBut not just Flint, there’s more, to be sure. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-lead-testing/ “Reuters obtained data from 21 states to identify neighborhoods where testing showed the highest rates of small children with elevated levels of lead in their blood.”
minus-squarewinterayars@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoFlint, Michigan and sadly all over the US.
minus-squareImplyingImplications@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoThe UK (in an old home where hot water tanks heated water in an unsafe way).
minus-squareDevorlon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoBut only if the hot and cold lines get cross contaminated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfHgUu_8KgA&t=31
minus-squarenifty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoFlint, Michigan has entered the chat fwiw, my town has been sending us notices about increased PFAS beyond acceptable values. But I guess PFAS are everywhere…
minus-squarewinterayars@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoYeah i think “pfas beyond acceptable levels” is just the new baseline and nobody wants to do anything about it. It sucks.
Where in the developed world can you get sick by drinking tap water?
In Canada there are communities that have been under boil water advisories for years
Mexico City
Can i introduce you to flint, Michigan, USA?
But not just Flint, there’s more, to be sure.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-lead-testing/
“Reuters obtained data from 21 states to identify neighborhoods where testing showed the highest rates of small children with elevated levels of lead in their blood.”
Flint, Michigan and sadly all over the US.
The UK (in an old home where hot water tanks heated water in an unsafe way).
But only if the hot and cold lines get cross contaminated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfHgUu_8KgA&t=31
Flint, Michigan has entered the chat
fwiw, my town has been sending us notices about increased PFAS beyond acceptable values. But I guess PFAS are everywhere…
Yeah i think “pfas beyond acceptable levels” is just the new baseline and nobody wants to do anything about it. It sucks.