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Waiting For Milton, States Sue TikTok, New Rules For Lead Pipes

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4.552.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Hurricane Milton is expected to be catastrophic when it makes landfall Wednesday. Fourteen attorneys general sue TikTok, saying it places profit over kids' mental health. The EPA issues a rule requiring replacement of all lead pipes within 10 years.

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0:00.0

Hurricane Milton is closing in on Florida's west coast. State officials have a clear message to residents get out now.

0:08.0

We've lost people to storm surge in previous hurricanes who are trying to get out at the last minute and they

0:13.7

drown in their cars. I'm you Martinez with Le LaFoddle and this is up first from

0:17.6

NPR News. People who use Tik-Tock already know how addictive the app can be.

0:24.6

Now 14 state officials are suing the apps creator saying they knowingly endangered

0:29.2

young people's mental health.

0:30.5

They deployed a suite of manipulative features that exploited young people's psychological

0:35.7

vulnerabilities.

0:36.7

And if you live in an old house, your running water might flow through lead pipes.

0:40.3

Now the EPA says those pipes must go.

0:43.0

A new rule requires most lead pipes to be replaced within 10 years.

0:47.0

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Millions of people who live on Florida's west coast are preparing and waiting

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