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Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation

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102 points Brajeshwar | 1 comments | 31 Aug 25 01:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.194s | source
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wileydragonfly ◴[03 Sep 25 03:30 UTC] No.45111998[source]▶
Run your tap a few seconds before you use any of the water, you’ll be fine.
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sct202 ◴[03 Sep 25 12:35 UTC] No.45114966[source]▶
Needs to be a few minutes depending on where the lead is. I have lead service line and the city does testing and the sample collected after 3 minutes had the highest lead level by over 3x because that was the water that sat overnight in the lead service line.
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1. potato3732842 ◴[03 Sep 25 17:22 UTC] No.45118335[source]▶
Sounds like whatever the location is is probably a non-issue if your first use of water for the day is toilet or shower.