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Plastic water pipes may be cheaper, but they also come with risks. Mark Bernard/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Lead water pipes created a health disaster in Flint, but replacing them with cheaper plastic − as some cities are doing − carries hidden costs

Rajpreet Grewal, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Laodong Guo, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Melissa Scanlan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Durability and the risk of chemicals being released when pipes heat up are just 2 concerns about plastic pipes.

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