Re: Bleh
almost no checking of drinking water quality, etc etc etc.
Not to disagree with your larger point, but this isn't correct. Even in the egregious case of Flint, Michigan, the US was monitoring water quality. The local officials behind the decision to switch water supplies to a river that would leach lead from pipes had extensive data on water quality and contaminants. When citizens filed complaints about water quality, the local officials had more data on contaminants (like coliform bacteria) and issued a boil-water notice. They had plenty of data showing lead contamination, too. However, the officials looked at the data and decided to lie about it, falsely informing state regulators that the high lead levels were only found in homes with aging lead pipes.
But water quality is regularly checked in the US.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
