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Stephen Mihm, Columnist

A now-defunct organization spent decades casting doubt on the science that showed just how dangerous the metal could be.

November 24, 2024 at 6:00 AM MST

By Stephen Mihm

Stephen Mihm, a professor of history at the University of Georgia, is coauthor of “Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance.”

It’s about time.

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a ruling mandating the removal of all lead pipes supplying drinking water in the US. Whether the rule will survive the incoming Donald Trump administration is an open question — one that could have serious, even life-threatening implications for the more than nine million or so homes that get their water by “lead service lines.”

Given what we know about the dangers posed by lead-contaminated drinking water, it’s worth asking: What took so long? How is it possible that such large swaths of the US still rely on poisonous pipes?

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-11-24/why-does-the-us-still-have-lead-pipes-blame-the-lead-industries-association

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