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Plastic Water Piping Leads to Greater Corrosion, Lead Levels


Despite the reduced use of metals in potable-water piping systems using plastic pipe such as PEX and CPVC, recent research has found that the bacterial environments in those pipes can lead to higher content of metals, including lead, than in systems
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