NYC’s Drinking Water is Now Toxic… Why?
2023 ж. 25 Жел.
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Recently its come to light that drinking water in several NYC schools contains abnormal levels of lead. On top of that 1 out of every 5 new yorkers drinks water delivered to their apartment by lead pipes.
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Funny that the US has the audacity to lecture rest of the world on human rights and pollution but not themselves!
Its a disgrace what we have done to our water on this planet
Imagine paying 5 grand or more a month for rent and your studio apartment is in a building that has lead pipes.
This is not just a problem in NYC. I live in a 100 year old house in England which had lead pipes. Thankfully, the whole area had them removed in the 1960s. However, 3 years ago my friend bought a house in a village that is about 70 years old, and it had lead pipes everywhere. Luckily, he was stripping it right back to bare brick, otherwise, he would have had rather a large and unexpected bill. It made me wonder how many other houses in the village still have their lead pipes.
When I grew up in NYC, the drinking water was considered the best in the country. But we always knew the water surrounding NYC was hot garbage. You fished off Sheepshead Bay at your own risk. 😅
See, the waterway pipes in the US are made of lead. At the time, it was the cheapest metal to make it out of. But then they found out lead was deadly. But instead of replacing the pipes, they just used a compound coating to protect the water from the pipes. But uh… over time it started dissolving. What happens? Remember Flint Michigan? That.
Based on all the published monitoring tests, New York City has great tap water. Most of the lead is from the aging pipes in the buildings which will eventually need to be replaced. Remember, water that is too pure is also not good for you. Most systems that use reverse osmosis (90%-99% purity) have to re-mineralize the water. The real concern for most modern water systems across the globe (not just New York City) is PFOA and PFOS. The EPA set new limit for PFOS is 0.02 ppt; for PFOA, it’s 0.004 ppt. There are commercial water filtration systems that will remove a lot of the concerning containments brought up in this video (Google the Consumer Reports article from December 7, 2023).
This is tragic because the water supply for NYC has historically been from fresh water lake reservoirs upstate that gets sent down in a viaduct. That water is absolutely clean and delicious. I suppose it doesn't do much good though if the last couple miles it gets delivered by lead-contaminated pipes.
Cash really is selling New York in his videos: high rents, rats, unsafe subways, water flooding and now water poisoning, yikes!
I live in California and soon we will be drinking EXTREMELY expensive sewer water, but please do not be worried for my health. The water will be SUPER treated and cleaner than regular water. Governor Newsom said so. You will drink your treater sewer water and like it!
Escape from New York!!!😄
I started drinking my apartment’s tap water a couple of months ago and noticed that my pee started to smell weird as hell lol. Pretty much stopped after that
PS. FLORIDA HAS HORRIBLE WATER ALSO, ITS NOT JUST NYC. DETROIT , CALIFORNIA ETC. NEVER DRINK THE TAP WATER .
When you’re from a third-world country, you know not to drink tap water. Most of us either buy bottled water or use a filtration system.
Growing up outside New Orleans (70s/80s), our tap water routinely ran in shades of green and brown--whenever they'd fill the bathtub or even the baptismal font in church, it was visibly dirty before you got in. Not merely 'tinted', it was more like swamp water without the scum that grows on top.
When I lived in LA they overchlorinated the water going into apartments. Every time I'd shower my apartment smelled like a swimming pool and it smelled like I went swimming. I was always told not to drink the water from the tap and heard for years about it having arsenic, lead and pharmacuticals in it. Drank only Penta water because their purifying process removed all of that stuff and more from the water. I give my rabbit the Penta water too.
I double filter all my drinking/cooking water. When I lived in the country I filtered my rainwater as well.
I drew up in NYC and im all messed up. I drank the water, exposed to pesticides to deal with the roaches. Family problems. Neighbor violence problems that made the place stressful to "live" in. No morality being taught in the city, Emotional issues im still recovering from. And the air from the cars and building dusts. My asthma went away and my mind cleared a little bit after I moved out of NYC and went full health nut mode.
Mr. Cash if you see this, I witnessed this just a few days ago!
I like how there's a max allowed amount of lead in water. As if it's OK to consume some amount of toxic metals that never leave your body.