-=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

 AT> I never knew that. Then in my case, the lead pipes in my city probably
 AT> have a very thick scale on them by now, and there's probably no reason
 AT> to change the pipes.

Like copper, the lead scaling is pretty thin, but is non-reactive (for the most
part).  So it simply stops the leaching of lead into the water.

Most places still have lead pipes and they replace them over time as needed
since it's very expensive to dig everything up, replace them, cover them back
up - and put everything (like the roadway) back.

Flint, run by Democrats, never had that in their plans.

 AT> The county health department here has advised that lead poisoning
 AT> occurs primarily from inhalation of lead dust (from deteriorating lead
 AT> paint.)

And leaded gasoline before we got rid of that.

 AT> It's hard to know what to believe. If you're not scared of
 AT> lead, then they'll try to scare you about "the dangers of AI."

Yup.  We are in a storm of propaganda.  Pick a scare and someone is exploiting
it.

 AT> Do you see a lot of people drinking tap water though? I don't. I use it
 AT> for cooking but that's about it. All the restaurants use water filters.

Most poor people, who can't afford filters, do.

 AT> Have you heard any local news about large quantities of children being
 AT> affected by lead poisoning? If so, then this can be resolved by parents
 AT> not serving their kids tap water, can't it?

The only large quantities of lead poisoning seem to only happen in Democrat run
areas - so that news is suppressed.  The only time we see a scare like this is
to hurt a Republican.  In the case of the Flint Lead "Crisis", it was to
tarnish our Republican Governor at the time.


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