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kenneth scharf wrote:

Bill Turner wrote:
kenneth scharf wrote:

If lead is insoluble in water, then WHY isn't it used in plumbing?


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Lead is NEARLY insoluble in water, but the more acid the water is, the
more soluble it becomes.

And to answer your question, it WAS used in plumbing for many years
until someone made the connection.

Like I said the word 'plumber' comes from the latin plumbum meaning
lead. Ancient Rome was the first to use lead pipes. Could be why
Nero was mad as a hatter.



I heard this. Their wine was being drunk from lead-lined flasks.

Al

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