Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agoExplain that, science nerds!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square96linkfedilinkarrow-up1710arrow-down121
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minus-squareID411@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoIn the 70s If you weren’t licking your toy cars as a kid, you were missing out.
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoLead pipes were probably more of a concern but cars are tasty too.
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoLead pipes aren’t a huge concern compared to leaded gasoline and lead paint. It is my understanding that the pipes quickly develop a patina which keeps the lead from touching the water.
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoBut I don’t drink the gasoline…
In the 70s If you weren’t licking your toy cars as a kid, you were missing out.
Lead pipes were probably more of a concern but cars are tasty too.
Lead pipes aren’t a huge concern compared to leaded gasoline and lead paint. It is my understanding that the pipes quickly develop a patina which keeps the lead from touching the water.
But I don’t drink the gasoline…