abbadon420 comments on TIL why you're not supposed to cook or drink hot tap water - it's the lead (and other heavy metals)

TIL why you're not supposed to cook or drink hot tap water - it's the lead (and other heavy metals) (www.epa.gov)

submitted 1 year ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/til@lemmy.ca

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Hot water dissolves lead more quickly than cold water and is therefore more likely to contain greater amounts of lead. Never use water from the hot water tap for drinking, cooking, or making baby formula.

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[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Yes, but there's other metals than can dissolve in hot water, like copper and cadmium

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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 year ago

There shouldn't be any cadmium in your plumbing. Copper while actually a nutrient in very very small doses, would only be a problem in severely corroded pipes where cold water isn't helping you.

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