Lead poisoning

pogofish

Hang-on!

Did the OP really knowingly pay someone to poison them? That's what posting in Consumer Rights suggests to me?

Maybe they should get this thread moved to an appropriate forum like Health or Housing before it goes any further?

sheramber

According to this

http://dwi.defra.gov.uk/consumers/advice-leaflets/lead.pdf

Who is responsible for the p
ipework?
The part of the service pipe that links the water main in the street to the stop valve outside y
our
property belongs to the water company. This is
kn
own as the communication pipe.
The part of the service pipe leading from the stop valve outside your property to the point where it
enters your home is the responsibility of the owner. This is known as
the private or supply pipe.
All the plumbing inside your home to the kitchen tap is the responsibility of the property owner.

shaun_from_Africa

pogofish wrote: »

Hang-on!

Did the OP really knowingly pay someone to poison them? That's what posting in Consumer Rights suggests to me?

Why shouldn't it be in consumer rights?
The Op is a customer of Severn Trent water, a company that they pay for amongst other things, a supply of drinking water from their tap so they are acting as a consumer of a paid for service.

This is no different to you going to Tesco any buying a bottle of water which turns out to be contaminated and which could do you harm if you drink it.

daytona0

Had a look at OP's linkedin profile on the off chance that the lead poisoning was possibly caused in work. Seems to work in the IT sector so that's very unlikely.

Poppie68

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Why shouldn't it be in consumer rights?
The Op is a customer of Severn Trent water, a company that they pay for amongst other things, a supply of drinking water from their tap so they are acting as a consumer of a paid for service.

This is no different to you going to Tesco any buying a bottle of water which turns out to be contaminated and which could do you harm if you drink it.

It's beyond the scope of a consumer rights issue, the op may be better off posting in the housing forum or contacting her local council for advice.

unholyangel

I don't think that the report is calling OP an employee, I think its just that these tests are probably usually done as part of health and safety for those who work in jobs with exposure to lead.

The scale they're using seems to be the same one on this site of the NHS:
http://www.southend.nhs.uk/pathology-handbook/test-directory/test-directory-l-index/lead/

And refers to industrial exposure levels. Perhaps explains the reference to employee.

daytona0

unholyangel wrote: »

I don't think that the report is calling OP an employee, I think its just that these tests are probably usually done as part of health and safety for those who work in jobs with exposure to lead.

The scale they're using seems to be the same one on this site of the NHS:
http://www.southend.nhs.uk/pathology-handbook/test-directory/test-directory-l-index/lead/

And refers to industrial exposure levels. Perhaps explains the reference to employee.

Especially when OP is working in the IT sector and almost certainly not being exposed to lead poisoning there.

taranjs

@sheramber
That's exactly what's causing me dilemma to understand who is more responsible.

Even though the water company is not supposed to take care of the pipe inside the property but are they supposed to tell me for 6 months that the water is safe for my drinking and I should not worry without caring to ensure that the pipe inside the property could be lead?

The LL on the other side didn't care much either. They act innocent that they never knew they had lead pipes in the property.

However that harm has been done already, even if my GP isn't alarmed because the comments on reports are undoubtly alarming. One of them has to be wrong.

hollydays

hollydays wrote: »

Why didn't they test for lead?

I ask you again.:)

taranjs

Sorry, I thought I answered that somewhere but the answer is I really don't know. It's up to the water company to decide what tests they want to do to ensure the water is potable and they did not know it could be lead until they really seriously dug into my problem, after repeated nags and escalation.