• snooggums@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Lead pipes are fine for water unless some cheapo decides to change the water composition in a way that removes the thin layer that forms on the lead and keeps it from leeching into the water. We still have a ton of lead pipes not giving lead poisoning today.

    Plastics are like the ruined pipes.

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      1 year ago

      Human error is inevitable and we should design systems to be invulnerable to this. Just dont use lead. Period.

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        1 year ago

        PVC, steel, and all of the other options also have the possibility of poisoning is in certain situations when not maintained properly.

        Don’t build anything, got it.