So I have learned that the houses in our neighborhood are very common culprits for extremely high levels of lead in the tap water. It doesn’t come in the water but it leaches into the water from the old, lead pipes that may or may not be hiding underground, poisoning my family, lowering my kids IQ and causing all kinds of other health problems. I found a number to call to get the water tested, but until then I have invested in a big ol’ Brita pitcher. Which I am not really happy about. Because our fridge? Is kind of on the small side. It has a nice big freezer but we all know where that space comes from. I was thinking that’s what the deep freeze was for, but what do I know? And with all those bags of milk in there I really don’t have room for a huge Brita pitcher. But I guess my kids IQs are worth the pain in the ass that this whole thing is.
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May 25th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Is there something you could attach to the tap to filter your water? I suppose you don’t get that nice cold fridge water (but I like the temp of tap water anyways). I seem to recall my Grandma having something on hers….
Wendy
May 25th, 2007 at 6:48 pm
Yes, I think there is. I’d really just like to find out if the water really contains too much lead. If it does, I’ll do what I have to do. But I prefer just drinking it out of the tap rather than having it in the fridge. But just sitting on the counter is a little too warm. There’s no happy medium. Argh! But you’re right, maybe I should just invest in the tap-filter. In fact we have some kind of thing like that as a separate kind of mini-faucet. But our landlords said not to use it unless we replaced the filter because they had never used it or replaced the filter. Guess I should check that out.
May 26th, 2007 at 8:55 am
Sounds like it is worth checking into.
Wendy