Add this to the list of things we used to do all the time as kids that have now been totally ruined: drinking out of a garden hose could kill you!
A new study by a company called Healthy Stuff tested 90 different garden hoses and found that ALL 90 contained levels of lead and phthalates that were higher than the safe levels set by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and 33% had higher lead levels than the safe levels set by the federal Safe Drinking Water standard.
Of course, you’d probably have to drink A LOT of water out of a lot of hoses to have that happen. A few drinks won’t kill you.
