FL has 1.1M lead pipes carrying water into homes - the most in the US
Florida has the most lead water pipes in the US with an estimated 1.16million with the Environmental Protection Authority saying even low exposures could be harmful to children.
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And the hit pieces for Florida, i.e. DeSantis are starting. If you look at the chart though New York, Illinois, Ohio & Pennsylvania are all also in the same category. Probably as an aggregate population more than Florida.
"Erik Olson, a health and food expert at the environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council, said the EPA was 'trying to do the right thing' by using its survey to direct lead pipe funds to states that need it most. But he called Florida's figure 'a big surprise.' Olson said the state told his group in 2021 that it doesn't track lead service lines. The NRDC's estimate for the state was about 200,000.
Olson said the Florida number is puzzling because lead pipes were most frequently installed in the decades before Florida's population rapidly grew.
'We look forward to hearing an explanation,' Olson said.
The EPA said it extrapolated from water providers' responses to come up with the state-level estimates. The location of many lead pipes are still unknown and the EPA said states like Florida had a lot of water lines that were either made of an unknown material or lead."
Wonder who Erik Olson & The Natural Resources Defense Council is? Any guesses? Good thing you ask.
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