Stampy comments on TIL why you're not supposed to cook or drink hot tap water

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

81 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Stampy@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Pretty sure most pipes don’t have have lead these days but lead the soldering in the joints of the pipes it is still pretty common

permalink

fedilink

source

hideshow 1 child comment

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Tons of old houses have lead fixtures still, unless they've personally paid a plumber to replace all of the pipes in the building.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent