It was not so dangerous in limestone and chalk areas, like much of Europe. Because the lime in the water formed a protective layer on the inside of the pipes, but if your ground and tap water is slightly acidic, as I think yours will be on a volcanic island, then it could cause a lot of health problems.

@Fernapple This was actually when I lived in Washington State, and had copper pipes with lead fittings or soldering or something, somehow that was deemed dangerous until the county changed our pipes.

I honestly don't know anything about what kind of pipes go into my condo building here on Kaua'i, but seeing how the building is 50 years old, it might be smart for me to ask about the pipes.

There is a huge problem with water on Oahu, with military fuel leaking into the water system in certain areas. Thousands of people are still using only bottled water or staying in hotels, so as not to sicken themselves further. Still a few months away from cleaning up that fuel spill. Glad I don't share that same water system on my island.

Reportedly children would chew at the lead paint because it was sweet. How you would know this without having at least chewed it once is beyond me. My stepdad became a professional painter and denied me a wonderful old wood table for fear that my young girls would chew the paint. This was many years before my table pic above, but dad destroyed and burned that table. My neighbor was going to let the trash service dispose of the table I have now.

Now if we want to talk about paint, my opinion is that paint was never the same once the lead was removed. Lead is poison but so is fluoride. Lead was also removed from gasoline.

@DenoPenno Removing it from gasoline, is different, is it not? People breath gas combustion products. Traces, yes, but still bad for health?