[infl8ed]

".. but it also means that innovation is risky, and new products tend to be evolutionary ones that don’t change the overall construction process... In some cases, those efforts are successful, as with PEX piping replacing copper piping."

Out of curiosity I searched 'pex piping microplastics' and several articles/studies came up about plastic shedding in pipes, including in pex piping, so innovation is risky indeed!

[karma_pharmer]

Your water company's main pipes aren't made of copper.

They're probably shedding something worse than microplastics into your water, long before it crosses your property line.