On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:20:31 -0500, dpb wrote:

Mike E. Fullerton wrote:
I had a plumber tell me using brass fittings on a faucet shut off
valve with plastic 1/2 pipe is not safe. Instead you should use
stainless steel fittings. Why is it not safe?

What kind of plastic? Maybe _something_, but for life of me I can't
think what.

When I say plastic I mean PEX. When I say brass fittings I mean brass
compression fittings.