[cryptica]

We haven't come so far from the time of the Romans who drank from lead pipes. We're just wrestling with different chemicals and different physical, environmental and social effects.

[nielsbot]

In fact we still have lead pipes. Supposedly the water we pipe through them is treated to cause the pipes to be inert.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/08/politics/lead-pipes-joe-biden...

[_DeadFred_]

Just phrase it as 'the government is providing poor people free mineral water instead of ordinary tap water' and it would get fixed instantly.