▲ 1066 ▼ 'Did I Miss Something?': Online Shoppers Shocked as Trump Tariffs Jack Up Prices 145% (gizmodo.com) submitted 1 year ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 292 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Sure, but microplastics is a world wide issue. Lead, not so much. And here, we were discussing why America, in particular, is so goddam stupid. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I don't think these factors are specifically unique to the US, some more than other. I think a lot of the environmental stuff you can see in many places, lead is not just a problem in the US, we are just more talkative about it. https://www.cgdev.org/publication/combatting-hidden-epidemic-lead-poisoning-ideas-eu permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Oh, definitively not. I'm not even 30, and I remember that NY dad's car from when I was a kid needed a special additive to replace the lead, because that had been banned since he bought it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] drhodl@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I'm referring more to lead pipes eg Flint, Michigan. USA has really old infrastructure, and from what little I know, GOP state governments aren't big on fixing those sort of problems. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I don't think these factors are specifically unique to the US, some more than other. I think a lot of the environmental stuff you can see in many places, lead is not just a problem in the US, we are just more talkative about it. https://www.cgdev.org/publication/combatting-hidden-epidemic-lead-poisoning-ideas-eu permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Oh, definitively not. I'm not even 30, and I remember that NY dad's car from when I was a kid needed a special additive to replace the lead, because that had been banned since he bought it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] drhodl@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I'm referring more to lead pipes eg Flint, Michigan. USA has really old infrastructure, and from what little I know, GOP state governments aren't big on fixing those sort of problems. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Oh, definitively not. I'm not even 30, and I remember that NY dad's car from when I was a kid needed a special additive to replace the lead, because that had been banned since he bought it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] drhodl@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I'm referring more to lead pipes eg Flint, Michigan. USA has really old infrastructure, and from what little I know, GOP state governments aren't big on fixing those sort of problems. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I'm referring more to lead pipes eg Flint, Michigan. USA has really old infrastructure, and from what little I know, GOP state governments aren't big on fixing those sort of problems. permalink fedilink source parent