vintage computers and lead poisoning?

From: Brian Mahoney <webhead_at_theantiquecomputer.com>
Date: Sun Jun 6 14:01:52 2004

>
> He's lucky! They use copper around here and about ten years ago they
> started coming out with some kind of very thin wall stuff. Houses have
been
> springing leaks left and right! My mother-in-law has had about six major
> leaks in the last five years. They've had to tear big holes in the walls
to
> get to the leaks to fix them (not to mention the water damage). The
> plumbers have told her that the next time it happens that she needs to
have
> the entire house replumbed. One brand new house in my mother's area was
> condemmed due to the number of leaks and the amount of damage that they
> caused.
>
> I'm not critisizing copper pipe, that's what I have. But there have
been
> a LOT of problems with it in this area in the last ten years or so due to
> the poor quality of the pipe.
>
> Joe

I seem to remember a class-action suit about this pipe. Might be worth
checking into.

bm
Received on Sun Jun 06 2004 - 14:01:52 BST