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    16 hours ago

    The problem in flint wasn’t that the water source was polluted, but rather that it was more acidic than the previous water supply. That wreaked havoc on the aging lead pipes in the community.

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      14 hours ago

      Well I’m no entomologist, but wouldn’t increased acidity be caused by pollution of one sort or the other?

      Also, the “aging lead pipes” bit us significant in itself and caused by politicians who would rather give tax break to the rich than fix basic infrastructure before it poisons people too.

      Isn’t water infrastructure the remit of the state rather than the city too anyway, like it is in Mississippi and Georgia where they’re ALSO famously poisoning poor people, people of color and ESPECIALLY poor people of color?