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Re:Lead drinking-water pipes must be replaced nationwide, EP... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @04:22PM (#41781475)
> we build our homes out of brick and mortar or outright solid concrete instead of wood

I mean yes, you chopped down your forests millennia ago ;).

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Re:Lead drinking-water pipes must be replaced nationwide, EP... by ahartmetz on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @06:38PM (#41782507)
Nah, according to what I've read, we really ran out of forest (wood) and had to start replanting them about 500 years ago, give or take a factor of two.
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