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RE: [compost_tea] Questions about hoses



Consumer Reports has an article this month. Lead is the culprit.

 

“The four hoses labeled safe for drinking typically contained less lead in their construction than the others. In our tests, those hoses leached minuscule amounts of lead into water that had been standing in the hose for 20 hours or more. We measured concentrations well below 15 parts per billion, the level in drinking water at which the Environmental Protection Agency requires remedial action. In fact, tap water contained as much lead as some samples. (The time the water stands in the hose, water temperature and acidity all affect the amount of lead leaching.) Hoses containing the highest amounts of lead, only two of which carried a "do not drink" label, leached 10 to 100 times allowable lead levels in the first draw of standing water.”

 

A recent study reported in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that lead levels in the blood even lower than the current definition of toxicity may adversely affect a child’s IQ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tom Jaszewski

www.livesoil.com

702-595-7012

 

-----Original Message-----
From: irene bensinger [mailto:irene@trilliumwoods.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 2:52 PM
To: compost_tea@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [compost_tea] Questions about hoses

 

I've recently been shopping for new hoses and have been stunned to
discover disclaimers on many of them, to the effect:

"Made from recycled materials. Do not use for drinking water."

and scarier:

"This hose contains a substance known to the state of California to
cause cancer. Do not use for drinking water."

Other hoses tout an anti-microbial substance in the lining of the
hose to prevent the build-up of bacteria, algae and fungi.

Does anyone know what substance the state of CA knows about that is
used in the manufacture of these hoses?

And what about the effects of water coming through anti-microbial
hoses on CT? Or on the beneficial organisms in the soil? Or animals
whose drinking troughs are filled from any of these hoses? Or
vegetables watered with them?

And what about those of us who've been known to drink from the hose
while watering the garden? Or the kids who run through sprinklers and
play in backyard pools?

How serious an issue is this?

irene, outside of eatonville wa where running through a sprinkler
sounds like a pretty good idea just now...

irene@trilliumwoods.com


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