Much is said about lead and crime rates, I’m wondering about the more mundane things.

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      The person you’re replying to means that the pipe had 125 years of mineral deposits coating the inner diameter and separating the water from the lead

      It’s still good that they replaced it but I’d be shocked if drinking that water impacted you in any perceptible way

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      What?

      No like there was a lead pipe from the early 1900s from the street up through the woods to my house.

      Water pipes are lined with gross slimy stuff and other nasty things, so you might not necessarily have drunk lead contaminated water. Or you might have, who knows. Atleast you won’t now