Lead pipes! The city just replaced water pipes in my neighborhood and the ones they removed are lead. Am I going die?

Lead pipes! The city just replaced water pipes in my neighborhood and the ones they removed are lead. Am I going die?

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You're probably OK It’s hard to say how bad the problem is without knowing how much lead was getting into your water. Acidic water and soft water will have leached more lead, but the pipes are very old, and the inside of very old pipes will likely have oxidized, sealing the lead away from the water. Children and pregnant women are most suceptible to lead poisoning."In the average town in 1900, the use of lead pipes increased infant mortality and stillbirth rates by 25 to 50 percent.

" (Werner Troesken) Any amount of lead, however small, can be a hazard to children. "Too much lead can damage various systems of the body including the nervous and reproductive systems and the kidneys, and it can cause high blood pressure and anemia. Lead accumulates in the bones and lead poisoning may be diagnosed from a blue line around the gums.

Lead is especially harmful to the developing brains of fetuses and young children and to pregnant women. Lead interferes with the metabolism of calcium and Vitamin D.Gh blood lead levels in children can cause consequences which may be irreversible including learning disabilities, behavioral problems, and mental retardation. At very high levels, lead can cause convulsions, coma and death.

" (World Health Organization) On the bright side, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: "Most studies show that exposure to lead-contaminated water alone would not be likely to elevate blood lead levels in most adults, even exposure to water with a lead content close to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) “action level” for lead of 15 parts per billion (ppb). Risk will vary, however, depending upon the individual, the circumstances, and the amount of water consumed. For example, infants who drink formula prepared with lead-contaminated water may be at a higher risk because of the large volume of water they consume relative to their body size.

" Go to WebMD for a detailed list of lead poisoning symptoms (http://children.webmd.com/tc/lead-poisoning-symptoms)."If you suspect that someone in your family has lead poisoning, consult a doctor right away." (WebMD). A well balanced diet will help your body purge itself of lead (WebMD). You might be interested in The Great Lead Water Pipe Disaster by Werner Troesken Sources: http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/lead/en/, http://www.nber.org/papers/w9549, http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/tips/water.htm .

Yes. But not from the pipes. There is a chance that corrosion of the pipes has led to you being exposed to some lead over the URL1 may be very little, because a layer of oxide covers the lead.

To find out, you may want to be tested. Hair can be tested for longer term results..

Not so bad Not to worry. The big pipes in the street are not lead, they're cast iron. No problem with those.

Now the pipe from the street to the house, it's possible some of the older ones were lead. Now is the source of the water is a well, that water is most likely Ph neutral or a bit alkaline, which is good, as that kind of water does not pick up lead very much. If your water happenens to come from a lake or river, that water could be slightly acidic (although many water companies treat such water with buffers to reduce the acidity).

Acidy water can leach lead out of pipes, but not very much, and only when the water stands in the pipes for a long time. So if you were in the habit of getting up early every morning before everybody else, and running the faucet for 24 seconds,then drinking a gallon of the water, you might have some reason for concern. Otherwise, no..

No. Lead doesn't necessarily kill you. It makes you stupid.

The stuff gets into your body and then gets into your brain and interferes with operations there. Of coures, the fact that ANY municipality had lead anywhere in its water delivery opens it up to lawsuits up the wazoo because the toxicality of lead has been known for centuries. Good luck with that class-action settlement!.

1 You're probably dead already, and just don't know it yet. This user has been banned from Askville.

1 You're probably dead already, and just don't know it yet.

You're probably dead already, and just don't know it yet.

" "can pipes freeze and burst if the water has been turned off by the city.

Can pipes freeze and burst if the water has been turned off by the city.

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