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Ya know I forgot all about lead soder , I never even put two and two together when pipe sweating .
If you're looking for parallels to Flint, there are 11 million homes in this country, at least, that are very likely facing a pretty severe lead-in-water problem, and they don't know it," Lambrinidou says.
The reason for that, she explains, is that there are that many service lines — pipes that carry water from a utility's water main into private homes — made of lead across the country. Many utilities aren't even aware of them, she says.
That fact should trouble people, but, she adds, it's not the scariest thing. The thing people really ought to be concerned about, Lambrinidou says, is the fact that the water in Flint still, today, passes the federal government's test for lead and copper contamination.
"The sampling protocol that Flint used is to this day keeping it in compliance with the lead and copper rule, despite all the problems that we now know about," Lambrinidou says. "This is something that almost nobody knows, unless you're an expert on the specific regulation."
The rule is based on the premise that there is no way a water utility can conduct tests that would guarantee zero lead — the only safe level of lead, according to the federal government — in the water of every single home it serves.
Read more: It's Not Just Flint: America Has a Major Lead-in-Water Problem
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If you're looking for parallels to Flint, there are 11 million homes in this country, at least, that are very likely facing a pretty severe lead-in-water problem, and they don't know it," Lambrinidou says.
The reason for that, she explains, is that there are that many service lines — pipes that carry water from a utility's water main into private homes — made of lead across the country. Many utilities aren't even aware of them, she says.
That fact should trouble people, but, she adds, it's not the scariest thing. The thing people really ought to be concerned about, Lambrinidou says, is the fact that the water in Flint still, today, passes the federal government's test for lead and copper contamination.
"The sampling protocol that Flint used is to this day keeping it in compliance with the lead and copper rule, despite all the problems that we now know about," Lambrinidou says. "This is something that almost nobody knows, unless you're an expert on the specific regulation."
The rule is based on the premise that there is no way a water utility can conduct tests that would guarantee zero lead — the only safe level of lead, according to the federal government — in the water of every single home it serves.
Read more: It's Not Just Flint: America Has a Major Lead-in-Water Problem
Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook