5 Jun
2004
5 Jun
'04
11:01 a.m.
Well no, some houses here still have a lead pipe bringing in water - despite
years of grants offered to upgrade.
Generally speaking it's the older people in an older property who see no
reason to upgrade.
After all, they've had it all their lives.........
Geoff.
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From: "Antonio Carlini" <arcarlini(a)iee.org>
To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'"
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Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 8:41 PM
Subject: RE: vintage computers and lead poisoning?
Here in the UK, lead pipes were used for incoming
water
until relatively recently (for values of recently in
the region of "but not in the last three or four decades
or so"). My parent's house (built in the 1950s I believe)
originally had an incoming supply via a lead pipe.
These days it's all plastic (until either the water board
external stop-cock or the under-the-kitchen-sink stopcock).
Antonio
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