On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:14:38 GMT, "Ralph Mowery"
wrote:


If the lead in the pipes had been very bad for us, most anyone that lived in
a house built in the last 50 years would have been affected. I doubt that
anyone can prove the lead has caused any problems.

Too many people worry about too many small things. They do not seem to
worry about the 40,000 or so killed in the US by cars each year.

Hah. I've removed the lead from my car.

The biggest problem with lead in the water from lead pipes. I must
admit I don't know what has been said about solder with lead, but it's
a lot less than lead pipes.

I guess we had lead paint when I grew up, but the house was new enough
that nothing was chipping. I gather some babies chew on the window
sills, even when the paint isn't chipping, but if I tried, I think my
mother woudl have stopped me whether anything was known about lead or
not. I guess I can't remember back that far.

If you do replace the valve use some of the BAD old 50/50 mix and not the
newer no stick junk.