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Safe Pipes: Alternatives for PVC Pipes
Bill Baue
Saturday, June 23, 2007
While there is far less risk from PVC pipes, there is a general public health risk in the manufacture of PVC materials. To keep this risk down, choose PVC alternatives for your home.
The Healthy Building Network offers information on the hazards of PVC and safer alternatives. Pipe alternatives include polyethylene, ductile iron, vitrified clay, copper, aluminum, brass and ABS plastic.
The EPA is monitoring the leaching of vinyl chloride from PVC pipes made before 1977 into public water supplies with testing in Kansas, where vinyl chloride in water was discovered in 1998. Monitoring is also being conducted in rural water districts in Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska also equipped with pre-1977 water pipes. The EPA urges individuals and water suppliers to determine if their water flows through the older pipes, and if so, to contact their regional EPA office.
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Posted by Notburga von Trapp on 03/01/2009 at 08:31 AM
Hi,
Love your website. Amazing! So where can I get vitrified clay pipes?
Burgi