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PVC pipe is widely used in organic agriculture. The glues are highly volatile, so don't use more than necessary. Some people have raised concerns about contaminants leaching into the water through PVC pipe, but it seems to be much worse in some other plastic pipes.

Water Research 37 (2003) 1912-1920

Volatile organic components migrating from plastic pipes

(HDPE,PEX and PVC) into drinking water

Ingun Skjevrak*,Anne Due,Karl Olav Gjerstad,Hallgeir Herikstad

Regional Food Control Authority, Midt-Rogaland, Forusbeen 3, N-4033 Stavanger, Norway

Received 19 February 2002; received in revised form 11 November 2002; accepted 15 November 2002

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