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>is not boolean

There is a concentration of it where it becomes harmful.

>dependent on things the landlord doesn't control

They have the ability to filter water.



> There is a concentration of it where...

Unfortunately, lead seems to follow a "anything above 0.000000000000% is harmful, though more is worse" rule.

> They have the ability to...

True, but there are a lot of filter-worthy things which can be found in drinking water -

https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/national...

- so how much filtering, for which contaminants, should they have to do? How often should they have to re-test the (probably municipal) water supply, to verify that their filtering is doing the job? And how much will they mark up the price of water for their tenants, to cover the expenses of all their extra filtering and testing?




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