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[–] 9 points 5 months ago (14 children)

It is insane you’re getting downvoted like wtf do you mean US doesn’t have drinkable tap water?

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (9 children)

    https://www.nrdc.org/resources/new-map-shows-areas-high-lead-tap-water-levels-lead-violations

    Theres more issues with American drinking water than most want to think.

    Lead contamination is wide spread.

    Theres also many places where drinking water is contaminated with PFAS https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_contamination/

    Americas tap water is not as clean or as reliable as one would hope it to be, and it would be a fair concern to want to avoid drinking it.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (8 children)

    Which is a very different position than america does not have drinkable tap water

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    I mean sure, Its drinkable.. anythings drinkable once. Its what happens after thats the danger and concern.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago* (5 children)

    That kind of unfounded, unnecessary aggression is why we need to address the lead issue in the water.

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    Yeah I will never get over how people will just lie to throw shade at people and things they don't like. America pisses me off constantly, I'm from there and I have a lot of rage for it. But lying about how the country's drinking water isn't safe to drink in general is a weird thing to do and it's misinformation which is just gross.

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  • [–] -5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    it's the chlorination. makes it smell foul and impossible to swallow, at least for me. last time i had to buy one of one of those bottles with a built-in filter, because otherwise i would just instinctually not drink water.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    Then say the water tastes bad. Don’t spread misinformation that the US doesn’t have drinkable tap water.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    i wasn't the one making the claim, but for me it is undrinkable. when i say "impossible to swallow", i mean literally. i have an allergic reaction to chlorine, and there's enough in us tap water to make my throat swell shut.

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