Heavy metals are a big problem, especially from cheap brass fittings common in o...

		fingerlocks 15 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Quality of drinking water varies significantly by ... Heavy metals are a big problem, especially from cheap brass fittings common in outdoor water hoses. Indoor plumbing, by contrast, uses copper and/or plex tubing and so there’s near zero risk of metal poisoning (caveat on cheap plex fittings- don’t do that.)