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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

In America? Maybe not the best idea. Especially if you're in, say, Jackson, Mississippi.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/in-jackson-the-tap-water-is-back-but-the-crisis-remains

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Ok, in some places you might want one of those bubblers at home, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

What's the point of this comment? 99% of counties in the US have safe drinking water and the few that don't get called out for it like this. This is probably a better situation than most countries - including yours

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Where did you get that 99% figure from? Because I suspect you made it up.

Especially since:

One-fourth of Americans currently receive water from a source that violates the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Safe Drinking Water Act.

https://www.multipure.com/purely-social/science/top-10-states-worst-public-water-ratings-united-states/

More information:

https://www.science.org/content/article/millions-americans-drink-potentially-unsafe-tap-water-how-does-your-county-stack

And then there are the substances which municipal water supplies don't even need to get out of their water-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_water_quality_in_the_United_States#Substances_for_which_there_are_no_federal_standards

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

You may want to dig into the stat some more to get a handle on how bad the situation really is.