/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>6005316
>because hot water would leach lead from the pipes

Lead hasn't been used for water pipes since the days of the Roman Empire, as it's poisonous and prolonged use will make you crazy*
and eventually kill you but one can still encounter older homes with galvanized steel water pipes, which can rust up from the inside until
the pipe is completely clogged if the plumbing system is not properly grounded.

* It's been suggested by some historians that use of lead water pipes by the Romans may have contributed to their demise, as the
population became crazier and crazier over time and this lead (get it?) to them making bad decisions and generally behaving like dicks.