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Then why did they choose to use lead pipes?

• gozur88 11y ago
  Because it's cheap, easy to work with, and tends to deform under stress instead of breaking. These were old pipes - they pre-date this problem by decades.
  • alanwatts 11y ago
    Did they know that they were lead pipes before they decided to start using them?
    • DanBC 11y ago
      Water companies should be measuring the quality of the water going into the pipes, but they also need to sample the water that comes out of the pipes - they need to collect samples coming out of people's faucets.
      • alanwatts 11y ago
        Sad that such an obvious thing needs to be stated.
    • gozur88 11y ago
      Using them for what? These are not new pipes. They've been using these pipes for decades.