▲ 989 ▼ Trickflation (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 189 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Argonne@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (2 children) What's the point of this comment? 99% of counties in the US have safe drinking water and the few that don't get called out for it like this. This is probably a better situation than most countries - including yours permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Where did you get that 99% figure from? Because I suspect you made it up. Especially since: One-fourth of Americans currently receive water from a source that violates the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Safe Drinking Water Act. https://www.multipure.com/purely-social/science/top-10-states-worst-public-water-ratings-united-states/ More information: https://www.science.org/content/article/millions-americans-drink-potentially-unsafe-tap-water-how-does-your-county-stack And then there are the substances which municipal water supplies don't even need to get out of their water- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_water_quality_in_the_United_States#Substances_for_which_there_are_no_federal_standards permalink fedilink source parent [–] iegod@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago You may want to dig into the stat some more to get a handle on how bad the situation really is. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Where did you get that 99% figure from? Because I suspect you made it up. Especially since: One-fourth of Americans currently receive water from a source that violates the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Safe Drinking Water Act. https://www.multipure.com/purely-social/science/top-10-states-worst-public-water-ratings-united-states/ More information: https://www.science.org/content/article/millions-americans-drink-potentially-unsafe-tap-water-how-does-your-county-stack And then there are the substances which municipal water supplies don't even need to get out of their water- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_water_quality_in_the_United_States#Substances_for_which_there_are_no_federal_standards permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iegod@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago You may want to dig into the stat some more to get a handle on how bad the situation really is. permalink fedilink source parent
