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That's a bold claim, do you have a source to back that up?
by AaronM 4y ago
That's a bold claim, do you have a source to back that up?
- mschuster91 4y agoI'd be interested too, the only thing I could find was the Lead Contamination Act of 1988 that was supposed to fight contaminated water coolers - pretty bizarre that this was actually a thing. [1] https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2610?s=1&r=67 https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/261...
- cryptoz 4y agoNo OP and I don't know about 1988, but lead pipes are still common in the US, either many states have them or all states do. Flint, MI has a plan to eliminate them this year, maybe. https://www.nrdc.org/lead-pipes-widespread-used-every-state https://www.nrdc.org/lead-pipes-widespread-used-every-state
- ch4s3 4y agoLead in pipes is only a problem if you have the wrong water chemistry. If the water is naturally or or treated to have the right pH then lead phosphates form and no lead leeches into the water. Still, I wouldn't want lead pipes.
- Spooky23 4y agoLead pipes are overblown as a risk. The bigger issue is putting criminally incompetent people in charge of water.
- RC_ITR 4y agoI think GP is referring to the ban on lead solder for tin cans that went into place in 1980. A bit of a stretch to call it intentionally adding lead to food, but in practice, not that different.
- SoftTalker 4y agoHm, didn't know about that. I wonder if that is why my mom never bought canned vegetables when I was a kid. She always bought frozen if she couldn't get fresh.
- Vladimof 4y agoFrozen veggies still taste better to this day... maybe that was why.
- vintermann 4y agoLead doesn't taste bad, though. They say it tastes sweet, and I'm sadly old enough to remember the smell of leaded gasoline.
- Alex3917 4y agoLead arsenate was sprayed directly onto fruit (like apples) as an insecticide until the government revoked its authorization for use on food products in 1988. https://aapse.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/AAPSE%20Publications/JPSE/ARTICLES/1/public/1-195-1-PB.pdf https://aapse.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/AAPSE%20Pu...