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I wouldn't call it a non-issue. Lead pipes in new buildings were not forbidden in the Netherlands until 1960, and there are still plenty of older buildings in use (including housing daycares, where drinking tap water is the norm). The extend of the problem here is not clear, but in one sample in a neighborhood in Amsterdam last year, around 19% of the houses had too much lead in the tap water.


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