John Lansing

John Lansing

pipedreaming.bsky.social

Posting thoughts on plumbing/building codes, engineering design guides, water and nutrient cycles, often with regional and historical insights (personal account) Director of Plumbing Standards Research and Development john.lansing@centerforbuilding.org

👤 Joined on 12 octobre 2024

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…my building and since it’s NYC, the supply lines were copper. When I turned my water back on it ran visibly orange for a minute or so. What was up with *that*? On the one hand, ideally I’d know. On the other…I think I’ve got bigger issues in life so whatever.

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I think what frustrates me about the research is that it doesn’t compare it to over exposures. Like, how does it compare to drinking out of plastic water bottles or throwing Tupperware in the dishwasher? Or, hell, whatever gets leached from soldered copper lines – recently they installed a pump in…

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Dorri
30 octobre 2026 22:51

When we restored an abandoned home a decade ago we went w copper (at great expense) due to the leaching of contaminants w pex supply lines. Have studies negated this?

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There isn’t a super deep body of research but this I think is the highest-quality we’ve got and more or less, yes www.pherobase.com/literature/d...

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Now would be a great time for NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, Massachusetts, and Omaha (yes) to stop requiring copper water supply piping!

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