No the moron politicians have no clue to what they are talking about.
Lead water lines for example get a protective coating (oxidization) that prevents the actual lead from entering the potable water supply over time.
Plumbing
Plumbing comes from "plumbum", the Latin word for the metal Lead. Originally, pipes were made of lead.
The word plumber derives from the Latin word plumbum, meaning lead. Plumbing was originally done with lead pipes, although those are now considered to be obsolete, and are mostly replaced. Modern plumbing is done with copper, steel, or PVC pipes.
galvanized water lines, cast iron drain lines, sometimes lead pipes, terracotta or clay pipes, and in rare cases wooden pipes.
Yes, copper pipes are used extensively in plumbing.
Lead.
Plumbing
Plumbing comes from "plumbum", the Latin word for the metal Lead. Originally, pipes were made of lead.
Lead,
... Plumbing. The word comes from the Latin for for lead, plumbum, from which the pipes were made (leading to lots and lots of lead poisoning).
Lead
Yes
it's used in plumbing and pipes.
They used lead pipes , which the Romans used in Rome.
One of the names of the metal Lead- in Latin, was plumbum. Since very early plumbing used pipes made of lead, the name plumbum is the root of the word plumbing.
Copper pipes are now most commonly used in plumbing. Lead pipes were used long ago, and the word plumbing is derived from the Latin word for lead (plumbum). Iron pipes were used until relatively inexpensive copper pipes became readily available during the twentieth century.
The Latin word for lead is plumbum. Pipes used to be made from lead, which is why the trade of pipe installation is called plumbing.