On Sep 29, 12:47*pm, jellybean stonerfish
wrote:
On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:39:53 -0700, CanopyCo wrote:
On Sep 28, 2:47*pm, Billy wrote:
In article
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This is a good argument for plastic faucets for people, especially
those with young children because a metal faucet is a source of lead in
drinking water.
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Actually, the only lead in the water system of a house is from soldered
joints.
There are plenty of options other then solder for joining metal pipe.
The fact that a valve is metal has nothing to do with if it has led in
the water.
It is all about how you joined that valve to the line, and how the line
is joined at each connection.

First I ramble.
Actually, if you buy a faucet, in CA, there will often be a lead warning
notice, saying something about the faucet having lead, and to let it run
for a moment, to flush it out, before using it for drinking water. *There
was one in my new faucet, purchased a couple of years ago.

Google ( lead faucet ca )

I don't know where you live, but in california, brass plumbing fixtures
do contain lead.

My pipes are copper with "Lead Free" solder. *( is "Lead Free" solder
really lead free? ) and run under dirt, all the way to my faucet, so if I
run the water for 20 seconds, it is nice and cold. *The lead from the
brass, if any, is rinsed away, and all I taste is chlorine and copper.

City water sucks.-

Wow, I'll be dammed.
Even the faucet it's self is contaminated?
We are screwed.