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Don’t forget you water pipes are likely Pex if your house was made in the last 20 years.

PEX is plasticizer-free. It's cross-linked to provide the necessary properties.

Likewise, no plasticizers in standard sched 40.

Exactly. Polyethylene has been around for ages and I'm always amazed it's not more used.

Guess people really like clear plastic for some reason. Which is the one thing it can't do