"Arfa Daily" hath wroth:

On the other hand, the case of the pair poisoned by the pewter mug over ten
years, sounds reasonably possible, given that they were drinking some kind
of ( unspecified ) fizzy reactive beverage from it, which if fruit based,
may well have been quite acidic.

I dig out my handy Exstik II PH meter and measu
Tap water : 6.7
Western Family Diet Lemon Lime: 4.1
Western Family Lemon Lime : 3.3
Coca Cola : 2.6
Ocean Spray Cramberry Cocktail: 3.5
Lemon Juice (added to tea) : 3.0

Oh, here's a PH table from the UK:
| http://www.britishsoftdrinks.com/htm...cids/acids.htm

Soda pop and fruit juices are sufficiently acidic to leach out the
lead in pipes and drinking cups.

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