Local Dems have been ignoring the rotting lead pipes in the poorer, black neighborhoods. It took the commies harassing them for months to see any marginal changes.

This is the same shit that Obama did for Flint.

Drank some water then got the fuck out of there, did nothing

Sounds like we also need a relocation program to help people move out of poor rural areas that can’t afford to maintain their own water infrastructure.

What happens after those 10 years?

You can have clean water as a little treat

Biden in the conservatory with the lead pipe but instead of Mr Boddy it’s the social murder of thousands

Holy not in any hurry, Batman!

Then we’re going to see Kamala or Dump later reject this bill, during the next presidency, for its ‘unsustainability’.

All as goes as planned…

biden trying to milk the one bill he’s passed like ever for 10 separate “wins” over the course of his term is pretty funny. Except none of this is exciting at all it’s just shit that should have been done decades ago having some money thrown at them to be soaked up by the sponge of private contractors and continue to remain an intractable problem

bro the EPA is not going to exist in 10 years what do you mean be so for real rn

Branch’s son Aidan suffered from lead poisoning while they were living in a home with lead in the paint, windows, pipes and soil. Her son’s lead levels were so high they had to move out of the home and into a homeless shelter for almost three months while they searched for safe housing. Branch said the experience was terrifying for her son and left him with health issues he will have to face for the rest of his life.

We live in a insane world. In a just society this wouldn’t have happened in the first place. Removing lead from homes and the water supply should have been a government initiative the second an alternative was available.

Even still, the idea that they had to live in a shelter for 3 months because their landlord couldn’t be bothered to remove the lead in the rental is just another example of the vial and callous nature of landlords.

The Branch’s live in a lead paint free home now, but they still have lead pipes.

"When I first started advocating there was a 50 year plan that went down to a 40 year plan, now there is a nine year plan to remove all the lead pipes in Milwaukee, Branch tells CBS News. “I should be alive to see the lead pipes being removed out of Milwaukee and that gives me hope for other places as well.”

There is still more the Milwaukee community needs to live in a lead-free safe environment: more housing and more clinics.

Branch says there is not enough safe housing available in the community. Her old home where her son was lead poisoned was still being rented out as recently as a few years ago according to Branch. As for the Next Door Pediatrics Clinic where her son was first tested for lead positioning, it has since shut down, creating a healthcare gap in the community. Branch credits the work of the clinic for her youngest daughter being lead free.

Again no justice. The landlord wasn’t forced to remove the lead from the house, and the local clinic that could diagnose these exposures was shuttered thanks to treating our public services like market services, subject to becoming insolvent and closing, leaving the community in a healthcare shortage. I guess the community should have been sick more often in order to keep the profits high enough to maintain the clinic.

There is a sense of shame for parents whose children suffered from lead poisoning, but Branch wants to remove the shame from the equation of asking for help.

“I want them to know it’s not on you,” says Branch. “We’re not receiving justice, And it’s a human right to have clean drinking water.”

Personal shame is the default and expected emotion for our collective failings. You should have checked the house for lead. You put your child in danger due to your negligence. You are in charge of keeping your family safe, and no one else!

This is a manifestation of our hyper-individualist culture in one of its many twisted forms. Only you can prevent your family from getting lead poising!

Funny that he is saying this at the height of his lead addled brain decline.

And how is he doing on curing cancer? He said he would if he was elected lmao

Still waiting for him to cure cancer, like he promised

“Yeah, I got like 10 Ukrainian dudes with a yacht. They should be able to take care of it within 2-3 years.”

Alternatively:

“Yup we’re gonna rip them all out!”

“And then replace them with something safe, right?”

“Well, after they’re out we’re gonna…anyway…”