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[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Where in the developed world can you get sick by drinking tap water?

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 16 points 9 months ago

In Canada there are communities that have been under boil water advisories for years

[–] nifty@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Flint, Michigan has entered the chat

fwiw, my town has been sending us notices about increased PFAS beyond acceptable values. But I guess PFAS are everywhere..

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

Yeah i think "pfas beyond acceptable levels" is just the new baseline and nobody wants to do anything about it. It sucks.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The UK (in an old home where hot water tanks heated water in an unsafe way).

[–] Devorlon@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But only if the hot and cold lines get cross contaminated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfHgUu_8KgA&t=31

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[–] swiftcasty@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago

Mexico City

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

Flint, Michigan and sadly all over the US.

[–] stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Can i introduce you to flint, Michigan, USA?

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 6 points 9 months ago

But not just Flint, there's more, to be sure.

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-lead-testing/

"Reuters obtained data from 21 states to identify neighborhoods where testing showed the highest rates of small children with elevated levels of lead in their blood."