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If the water heater uses copper pipes, the copper still gets into the water. And even with plastic pipes the trace amount of plastic may still end in the water
by fpoling 8y ago
If the water heater uses copper pipes, the copper still gets into the water. And even with plastic pipes the trace amount of plastic may still end in the water and nobody knows if drinking such water for, say, 40 years is safe.
So do not use hot water for cooking/drinking.
- sjg007 8y agoPex is thermo stable.
- amelius 8y agoYou can buy food supplements containing copper explicitly, so I wonder how bad that could be.
- hnnh44 8y agoCopper containers are actually great at killing bacteria. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3312355/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3312355/ But high levels can cause health problems, including kidney damage and possibly cancer. https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/programs/consultation-copper-drinking-water/document.html#2.1 https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/programs/consultation... Between dying of dysentery and risking long term health issues it's a simple choice. But unless your doctor specifically tells you to add more copper, you shouldn't be going out of your way to get it.