Lead poisoning.
Answer courtesy of a slothbrain
The lead leaches into the water and gets into our bodies. Eventually you get lead poisoning and die.
It can cause problems by dissolving lead or other metals from the pipes it passes through.
The Roman had problems with lead poisoning because they made lead pipes for water supply.
The lead will leach into the water and give you lead poisoning.
Iron replaced lead in water pipes.
I can't think you are talking drinking water pipes because anitfreeze is poisonous. Nor should you have lead pipes or lead solder in drinking water pipes. So either sleeve pipes or heating pipes then. Antifreeze has inhibitors designed to prevent corrosion.
to your toilet
They used Lead
Lead pipes were banned in 1969 because lead is poisonous, especially for the vulnerable (children, pregnant women and the elderly). But, many pre-1970s homes will still have lead pipes today and they have been used in the UK for drinking water for almost 2000 years. The lead content in water is significantly reduced by calcium deposits etc on the inside of pipes but many home owners prefer to replace lead with copper pipes when renovating.
It can be... especially if it travels through lead pipes.
The name comes from the Latin word for pipes (appropriate, since a plumber works with pipes). Early pipes were made from the metal Lead- and the Latin word for lead is Plumbum.
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