Health risks with copper pipes? (how much, sink, installation, kitchen)
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Wouldn't it just be easier and less expensive to filter your drinking & cooking water with one of these?
[URL="http://www.berkeyfilters.com/index.html"]Berkey water filters[/URL]
What good does that do if you are bathing in this regularly as well? Filters can only take out just so much. Also, it says that if your copper piping is over 20 yrs old that it should be replaced. It does *pit* over time which will affect your water. No water filter can take care of that.
I would suggest doing a little more learned research rather than reading/listening to False Science tabloids; that probably would be a complete solution.
I am interested in buying a house that says it has copper pipes. I have read about some health risks associated with copper pipes, specifically the body's effects of ingesting too much copper that gets into the water. Apparently Alzheimer's disease is also linked to copper pipes.
How can I find out the age of the copper pipes, and would an inspection tell me the condition of these pipes? Any thoughts about the health risks? Should I consider ripping them all out and having them replaced?
Read this for more information:
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I am interested in buying a house that says it has copper pipes. I have read about some health risks associated with copper pipes, specifically the body's effects of ingesting too much copper that gets into the water. Apparently Alzheimer's disease is also linked to copper pipes.
How can I find out the age of the copper pipes, and would an inspection tell me the condition of these pipes? Any thoughts about the health risks? Should I consider ripping them all out and having them replaced?
And another:
[url=http://www.ehow.com/info_7790795_old-piping-inhome-health-effects.html]Old Copper Piping In-Home Health Effects | eHow[/url]
I would suggest doing a little more learned research rather than reading/listening to False Science tabloids; that probably would be a complete solution.
EXXXCCCCUUUUSSSSEEEEE ME, but what do scientists know??? They're all in on the Great Conspiracy to Kill All Real Americans! Who employs them? Da gubment! Dose left-wing colleges! The GD National Institutes of Health FCOL!!!!
I would suggest doing a little more learned research rather than reading/listening to False Science tabloids; that probably would be a complete solution.
Copper is a fantastic anti-microbial. Probably the best material going from that standpoint. The primary piping alternative, PEX, is known to leach ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE), a chemical in the same family as MTBE, in amounts exceeding 100 ppb which can result in adverse health effects.
I'm more than a bit suspicious of the claim that older copper leaches more than newer copper. If you have acidic water, whether your copper is new or old you will get leaching and copper stains on the sinks and tubs and pinholes. If you replace the damaged pipe after you get a pinhole, a new pinhole tends to develop in about the same spot (near the source), indicating it's not the age of the copper which makes a difference but how saturated the water already is.
If, on the other hand, you don't have acidic water, and you have any hardness, the pipes will over time become coated with mineral deposits. This should tend to reduce any leaching, either from copper or lead-containing solder, so new copper should be worse.
The claim that copper pipe should be replaced every 20 years (or on any regular schedule) is ludicrous.
If you have acidic water, you can get a neutralizer.
At age 59, I have spent nearly every year of my life drinking and bathing in water from copper pipes. I have no health issues and neither do any of my family members. I, too, prefer copper to plastic no matter what name they attach to it, it is plastic! Seems like no matter what has been used for years and years, when something new is developed, they denounce what has been used and claim that everyone needs to update. Perhaps, that helps keep plumbers and electricians busy but I am sure that has nothing to do with it.
I would be more worried about plastic or pex piping leaching dangerous stuff into my water more than copper
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