Water departments in a number of cities have been cheating when it comes to lead testing. Chicago, Detroit, and a bunch more of the usual suspects are involved.
Thousands of documents detailing water testing practices over the past decade reveal:
* Despite warnings of regulators and experts, water departments in at least 33 cities used testing methods over the past decade that could underestimate lead found in drinking water.
* Officials in two major cities – Philadelphia and Chicago – asked employees to test water safety in their own homes.
* Two states – Michigan and New Hampshire – advised water departments to give themselves extra time to complete tests so that if lead contamination exceeded federal limits, officials could re-sample and remove results with high lead levels.
* Some cities denied knowledge of the locations of lead pipes, failed to sample the required number of homes with lead plumbing or refused to release lead pipe maps, claiming it was a security risk.
And why could they do that? Sovereign Immunity. They can’t be sued for damages without a great deal of effort and government acquiescence. . Evidently leaving Great Britain did not involve leaving the King’s law behind.
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Makes sense.
Democrat city governments ignore high lead levels. Lead in the drinking water causes mental retardation. Tards vote democrat. Repeat.
There is no sovereign immunity here. These are federal laws and regulations, and the perpetrators can be fined and imprisoned by the federal courts. This actually happens regularly in such cases, and many of the people you mentioned will go to trial.
This actually happens regularly in such cases, and many of the people you mentioned will go to trial.
If they were Republicans, you would be correct.