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Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic pipes. Replacing them will take decades.

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Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic pipes. Replacing them will take decades.

Agrajag@scribe.disroot.org to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 months ago

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The city with the most lead service lines in the country doesn’t plan to finish replacing them until 2076.

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Especially with republicans fighting it every step of the way.
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  Chicago is known as a democrat stronghold. The republicans don’t have power to fight anything there.
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    The federal government could attempt to do so.

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