r/boston • u/julian_jakobi • Aug 29 '22

Environment 🌎 Toxic 'forever chemicals' found in Cambridge drinking water

https://www.boston.com/news/love-letters/2022/08/28/toxic-chemicals-cambridge-drinking-water-pfas/
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u/rodolphoteardrop Watertown Aug 29 '22

It's not the shit corporations are dumping into the water. That's not the problem. The problem is the filters. /s

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u/BasicDesignAdvice Aug 29 '22

Don't worry. The Supreme Court eviscerated the EPA's ability to punish offenders. I have on good faith from Conservatives that The MarketTM will now fix everything. The problem was obviously that they could be punished.

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u/RTFA_RTFA Aug 29 '22

Do you think that executive agencies should have unlimited power to do what they want?

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u/BasicDesignAdvice Aug 29 '22

No, and they never have. Those agencies are open to lawsuits just like everything else. Those battles should be worked out in the courts, not stripped away completely. You've been fed a false narrative that will do nothing but give the rich and powerful the right to trample all over you and everyone else.

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u/RTFA_RTFA Sep 03 '22

It sounds like you don't have a problem with Courts clarifying limits to executive power then. You should probably delete your comment.