lead in water
With lead in water making the news lately, I decided to do some testing at home. With all new 2006 cpvc plumbing, I didn't expect to see much of a problem, but was concerned about the 2006 brass fixtu...
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Horizon170 wrote:Oh boy, does that bring back memories. :)Old-Biscuit wrote:
After all the years of drinking hot water from a rubber garden hose, eating/chewing on lead based paint growing up, wallowing in Red Lead paint in NAVY bilges along with the 30 yrs exposure to asbestos I doubt a little lead leaching from a brass fixture is going to cause ME an issues.
My Immune System was heavily assaulted and has survived.....:B
Don't forget the Mercury we poured into our palms and rubbed pennies in it to make them shinny, and biting lead split shot on fishing lines.:B
And how about all lead pipes running from springs to the farm houses. My grandparents both lived to be in their late 90s drinking water delivered through those lead pipes. Maybe the frogs in the springhouse counter acted the lead. :B
