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Processor | i5-6600K |
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Motherboard | Asus Z170A |
Cooling | some cheap Cooler Master Hyper 103 or similar |
Memory | 16GB DDR4-2400 |
Video Card(s) | IGP |
Storage | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB |
Display(s) | 2x Oldell 24" 1920x1200 |
Case | Bitfenix Nova white windowless non-mesh |
Audio Device(s) | E-mu 1212m PCI |
Power Supply | Seasonic G-360 |
Mouse | Logitech Marble trackball, never had a mouse |
Keyboard | Key Tronic KT2000, no Win key because 1994 |
Software | Oldwin |
Leaded brass with ~2% Pb is still used to make some plumbing products such as valves, water meters and faucets/taps. Lead is of some concern there, and there are efforts to reduce lead content, but not to ban it completely, at least not in the EU or US. California has very strict regulation allowing no more than 0.25% Pb in brass for plumbing purposes (Wikipedia) but that seems to be an exception.That's because 100+ years ago, the country didn't know lead was toxic. So we built a lot of water-pipes out of lead and then people drank out of those pipes. Oops.
Today, we have 100+ year old infrastructure in need of replacement. For now, its "easier" to just add more chemicals that prevent lead from leeching into the weater, but when those chemical balances go haywire... well... we all know what happened there.