Help! PVC Pipes!

[PaytinandAvarysMom]

How worried should this make me? We have a Reverse Ossmosis (sp) system for our drinking water (would that take care of the problem there?) But other then that I guess we are pretty expossed to the PVC...

[reducereuserecycle]

I guess at least they aren't lead. Is lead worse?

[mgilleran@earth-co]

Yes, lead is worse. Are you sure that your distribution lines are PVC? Most distribution lines are copper and drain lines are PVC. How old is your house? Are you on city water?

[mightymoo]

Hmm, we have PVC pipes in our house. I guess I hadn't thought about it in health terms, buh. Not everything is PVC, but I'm pretty sure the lines up to the kitchen sink are. Well, lets say I don't know they are PVC, just that they are plastic, but I assume they would be PVC if they were plastic?

[PaytinandAvarysMom]

Every pipe in our house is pvc or plasitic. when we moved in it had really old pipes house was built in th20's nt sure when plumbing was installed so we put in all the pvc line...befor I read what i have read.

[Mavournin]

Check again, most supply lines are copper. We redid all of the plumbing when we bought this house, and although we now have a ton of PVC piping, all of the supply is copper. PVC isn't great, but it's a whole lot better than what we had before - lead supply and cast iron waste. The cast iron had rotted away (under my kitchen...) and was totally unusable.