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Re:US Construction worker productivity has dropped 40% in th... by Der_Einzige on Monday January 23, 2023 @12:47PM (#34492257)
What year was your house built? I really hope this is not a risk on things built after 2000 (or 1980?)
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Re:US Construction worker productivity has dropped 40% in th... by Spooky23 on Monday January 23, 2023 @01:17PM (#34492708)
Lead flux went away like 45 years ago. But sometimes galvanized pipe has some amount of lead in the zinc coating, and a mixed cooper/galvanized installation can accelerate corrosion.

Post-Flint, lead is the new asbestos. Because the standard is zero tolerance, there’s alot of noise on the topic.

PEX is great, but I’d personally always go for cooper if I could afford it. We tend to learn new things about plastic and risks over time.

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Re:US Construction worker productivity has dropped 40% in th... by kube-system on Monday January 23, 2023 @01:53PM (#34493222)
From 1986-2011 the EPA/congress defined "lead free" pipes as containing no more than 8% lead.

In 1996, they banned plumbing that is not "lead free" from being sold.

In 2011, the "lead free" definition was strengthened to a weighted average of 0.25%.

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