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Old 05-12-2009, 02:42 PM   #43
glatt
 
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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45 View Post
For example, if we find we have a heavy metal in our water but the chances of someone dying is only 1 in 100,000 and would take $30 million to clean up, is it worth it to clean up that water?
Depends on how many people that $30 million is spread across. If it's a community of 50 people, nope. If it's a community of 5 million people, yep.
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