[SustainableTompkins] Join the PVC Day of Action Oct. 11th!

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Jim wrote:
 
PVC will be white for waste and vent applications and  
CPVC, for  water delivery, is a tannish color.

My understanding is CPVC shouldn't  leach chemicals in water; that is  
it is safe for water.
 
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My water pipes are CPVC, and Jim's skepticism about the leaching of  CPVC may 
turn out to be warranted....



In a message dated 9/9/2006 3:14:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
tonydelplato at gmail.com writes:

I love  this list. Thanks to all who have put in their $2 on the PVC issue.
I'll  collate it all and forward it to the campaign organizer (who still
hasn't  replied to my query) and hope it helps CHEJ campaign as  well.
best,
Tony

On 9/9/06, Joel and Sarah Gagnon  <joel.and.sarah.gagnon at lightlink.com>
wrote:
>
>  Polybutylene and polyethylene are both better choices for potable  water,
> if
> you are going to use plastic at all. PVC has  replaced fiber-cement (made
> with asbestos) in municipal supply piping,  though, so the leaching concern
> you raise should be something we all  pay attention to. If leaching is
> prevalent, I have to wonder if there  is an environmental concern even in
> the use of PCV in drain piping.  The use of lead in such piping is the
> source of most of the lead in  sewage sludge, so there is plenty of
> precedent for not thinking about  the downstream hazards.
>
> Joel
>
> At 01:19 AM  9/9/06 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> >Ruth Richardson, a Cornell  prof, is conducting research on the migration
> of
> >chemicals  from PVC pipe into drinking water.  I agreed to be in her study
>  >this summer.  We replaced ancient lead pipes in our house back in  the
> >early  80s
> >with PVC.
> >
>  >My house was one of two in her study that tested at the EPA limits
>  for  vinyl
> >chloride in drinking water.  They just took  more samples yesterday to
> >confirm.  I've always let the tap  run for a bit in the morning
> >before  drinking, but
>  >I think now I'll make sure it runs longer to clear the  line when  the
> water
> >has had time to accumulate any  leachate.   Meanwhile, I'll have to look
> into
>  >what I can use to replace the incoming  pipe.  She said there  was an
> >alternative, but I've forgotten it now.
>  >
> >I know there is a national campaign to get PVC out of  hospitals (and
> >phthalates as well).
> >
>  >Gay