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[โ€“] OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Across Europe there's different recommendations in every country, and no evidence of different illness/mortality rates related to the recommendation.

France says tap water is safe for all ages.

If you're in the US, I totally get why you might want to keep boiling your water, but remember that boiling doesn't remove lead.

[โ€“] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago

The US has a water system effectively comparable to the ones across Europe, FYI. That includes lead levels, since it wasn't just the US that used lead pipes.

In most circumstances lead pipes are safe to replace with different materials as part of routine maintenance. It's only very notable incidents where things go wrong that have driven a push for greater haste, since it highlighted the consequences of things going wrong.