Re:CDC considers lowering threshold level for lead exposure
by noobermin on Friday December 30, 2016 @04:31PM
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Are you advocating that no one be held responsible? Of course things can be complicated, but in light of the evidence, it isn't as hard to disentangle as you suggest.
Re:CDC considers lowering threshold level for lead exposure
by maxerickson on Friday December 30, 2016 @04:45PM
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Not at all. In a case like Flint there will be people with clear culpability for the poor decisions that were made.
But there are millions of lead service lines elsewhere in the US (the pipes from the street to the house).
Who's "responsible" for them?
Re:CDC considers lowering threshold level for lead exposure
by pessimizer on Friday December 30, 2016 @05:40PM
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Wouldn't the answer to this question depend on which pipes you're talking about? Are you arguing that Flint is the only place where lead had a cause?
Re:CDC considers lowering threshold level for lead exposure
by tedunangst on Friday December 30, 2016 @07:31PM
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Kind of amazing that somebody twice asks "who's responsible?" and instead of an answer to a straightforward question, they're accused of claiming nobody is responsible. Why not just answer the question?
Re:CDC considers lowering threshold level for lead exposure
by JumpCrisscross on Friday December 30, 2016 @11:56PM
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> a straightforward question
It's not a question with an objective, simple and thus straightforward answer.
Re:CDC considers lowering threshold level for lead exposure
by tedunangst on Saturday December 31, 2016 @12:42AM
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All the more reason not to attack the person asking it.
There are a lot of people that directly share some of the responsibility for failing to properly treat the Flint River water after the switch (and for switching in the first place).
But for instance, are the people that voted to start bankrupting the city in 1985 also responsible for the crisis?
How about the people that failed to replace their lead water supply lines after it became clear how dangerous lead can be?
And on and on.