by This article explains why lead pipes exist in so many cites in the US: Because the people selling lead worked hard to make it that way. I have observed that humans will try to succeed at nearly any job they accept. If its for good, they will try to succeed, and if for evil they will also try to succeed, its a bit of the Someone Else’s Problem phenomenon. They will occasionally, look up and ask ‘should we be doing this?’, but largely they will continue to plod away, working toward whatever that goal happens to be.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/22/us-lead-industry-history-water-crisis
