>In a message dated 11/18/03 10:24:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>IndyEsox_at_aol.com writes:
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>> >I am surprised you use water from your hot water tap at all. Hot water is
>> >usually full of metallic contaminates.
>>
>> I question this. Why would it have more contaminants than cold water,
>> unless such materials were present in your hot water heater?
>>
>>
>
>Actually there are heavy metals present in your hot water tank. They are
>often galvanized and the hot water leaches out the metals in the solder joints and
>such much faster than cold water. Also Hot water sits in the tank for many
>hours exposed to the heat and corrosive water. In a hot water tank you have many
>sources of metal ions, zinc, lead, tin, just to name a few.
>
Most of your newer water heaters are glass lined to avoid this
problem. Also in order for this to happen the water must be standing
for a couple of days. With a family of 4 the water in our heater is
getting replace on a regular basis.
>
>
>>
>> > That is why you should never drink water
>> >from the hot water faucet. You can actually get poisoned by hot water if
>>you
>> >drink it regularly. People who use it to make coffee, tea or other
>>beverages
>> >have come down with heavy metal poisoning.
>>
>>
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>You got me on this one, I can't give a reference to specific incidence, just
>a warning from the company I used to work for about the dangers of heavy
>metals in hot water I had to pass along to the employees. I was a safety supervisor
>for my shift in the yarn plant and I had to pass along various tid bits like
>this from time to time. Another good one is to avoid heating up Teflon coated
>pans (I worked for the king of safety, E. I. DuPont) they announced that on
>world news tonight the other day. I thought every one already knew that one but
>evidently not. DuPont told their employees that many years ago.
>
>Moon
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