Hot water dissolves lead more quickly than cold water and is therefore more likely to contain greater amounts of lead. Never use water from the hot water tap for drinking, cooking, or making baby formula.

  • BCsven@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    The other issue is a hotwater tank can breed bacteria if not hot enough, and if people are not thoroughly boiling and cooling for baby formula and just using hot tap water you could expose the babes to bacteria