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minus-squareArgonne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down7·edit-29 months agoWhat’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
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down3·9 months agoWhere 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
minus-squareiegod@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·9 months agoYou may want to dig into the stat some more to get a handle on how bad the situation really is.
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
Where did you get that 99% figure from? Because I suspect you made it up.
Especially since:
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
You may want to dig into the stat some more to get a handle on how bad the situation really is.