My teen daughter asked me the question "Is it safe to drink water from a hose?" from a section of Seventeen Magazine called "don't get sick this summer". Do you know the answer, and why?
No - it isn't safe to drink from a hose.
From Seventeen, "Many hoses contain lead, a toxic metal that seeps into water when the sun heats the hose. This water can upset your stomach or weaken your muscles".
I know lots about lead and I didn't realize there is lead in plastic hoses... what are corporations thinking and doing... it's like they want to reduce US children's and adults' IQs and destroy their health on purpose... ever consider that one?
Besides killing the brains of babies and adults, and upsetting stomachs, and weakening your muscles, lead harms people in many other serious ways still being studied and analyzed, including...
Links:
[1] http://realneo.us/of-the-Day-What-are-our-greatest-assets-for-IAITAM
[2] http://realneo.us/forum/non-judicial-foreclosures
[3] http://realneo.us/gclac-eradicating-lead-poisoning-in-greater-cleveland/consider-this-health-perspective-when-you-think-about-your-lifestyle-the-e
[4] http://realneo.us/Letting-the-Monster-loose