I haven't watched Rachel's video, but LCR usually refers to the EPA regulations limiting the amount of lead and/or copper contamination that water suppliers can allow in drinking water (it's on the suppliers, since it usually leaches in from pipe deterioration). I'm not sure how Michigan is managing to skirt federal regs.
Ah, I see. Thought it was some magical chemical reaction, Pb Cu = oh fuck.
Here's a well-written summary from the Detroit Free Press:
Flint switched its water supply in April 2014, drawing its drinking water from the Flint River while a new regional water system it plans to join next year is under construction. The local water treatment plant, with the approval of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, failed to add chemicals to the river water that would have prevented lead in aging service lines from leaching into the water. All of these decisions were made with the approval of a series of emergency managers, appointed by Snyder to guide the city back to financial stability.
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Saw this when Rachel's show was on. Fuck Rick Snyder with a chainsaw of lead-filled votes.
My state is honestly such a beautiful place to live and these people are flat-out trying to make it a hellscape.
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Forgive my abysmal ignorance, but what is the lead-copper rule?
I haven't watched Rachel's video, but LCR usually refers to the EPA regulations limiting the amount of lead and/or copper contamination that water suppliers can allow in drinking water (it's on the suppliers, since it usually leaches in from pipe deterioration). I'm not sure how Michigan is managing to skirt federal regs.
Ah, I see. Thought it was some magical chemical reaction, Pb Cu = oh fuck.
Here's a well-written summary from the Detroit Free Press:
http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/nan…
Oh, it was an "emergency" so it's totally cool to poison people.