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Does anyone know if lead levels matter much in adulthood? Found out my local water had lead, old municipal pipes. Drank it about ten years. Or possibly just two. Either way, wondering if I should be concerned or do anything beyond filtering the water (which I do now)
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Does anyone know if lead levels matter much in adulthood? Found out my local water had lead, old municipal pipes. Drank it about ten years. Or possibly just two. Either way, wondering if I should be concerned or do anything beyond filtering the water (which I do now)
People have a lot of misconceptions about water infrastructure. Approximately 6-10M lead service lines still exist in today's world. ( https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/lead-ser... ) Most of that is kept away from you by treating water with a chemical that causes a rust layer to form over the lead, preventing it from getting into the water at dangerous levels. Phosphates are typically used for this…
7 micrograms per litre, legal limit 5. This was after running the water for a few min.