9 Apr
2010
9 Apr
'10
2:07 p.m.
I grew up in a house whose water was supplied (from
the street main)
using a lead pipe (not a soldered copper pipe, but one extruded from
Such pipes are not uncommon in the UK...
lead). It had the great benefit of being able to flex
with ground
movement.
Other than the obvious signs of dementia, I've noticed no adverse
effects.
I 've been using leaded solder and drinking water from pipes with lead
solder joints (if not full elad pipes) for most of my life. I am still here.
Has the EU moved to strip all the lead cane from church stained-glass
windows and dispose of all lead flashing and gutters on historical
buildings? If not, the attitude against lead would not appear to be
very genuine.
Not yet (but please don't give them ideas, I happen to like old
stainded glass windows). On the other heand they did try to ban the use
of lead alloys for organ pipes in orgnas with electronic action (on the
grounds that this was then an electronic device and came under the RoHS
directive). As somebody said 'Can you give one instance of somebody being
poisoned by a church organ'.
-tony