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Re:Storing Drinking-Water in Copper Pots Kills Contaminating... by mangamadaiyan on Monday May 29, 2017 @04:10AM (#14438012)
It is indeed tin, despite the name you heard (eeya-chatti, or eeya-pathiram I'm sure) from your elders.

The Tamil word Eeyam has two overloaded meanings, one is tin/pewter, the other is lead.

Unfortunately, "Eeyam" is almost always translated into "Lead".

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Re:Storing Drinking-Water in Copper Pots Kills Contaminating... by vram22 on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @04:34PM (#14455689)
I think you're right, thanks.
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