Health Hazerd – Galvinized Pipe Home › Forums › Public Forums › General Plumbing › Health Hazerd – Galvinized Pipe This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 23 years, 11 months ago by SylvanLMP. Viewing 1 reply thread Author Posts 4 Feb 2001 at 11:48 pm #274569 MasterPlumbersKeymaster I have a friend who has an old house I just found out that their is galvinize pipping in the house. What health hazerds can this cause if any.Hope you can help me. Thank you 5 Feb 2001 at 4:18 am #289968 SylvanLMPParticipant Non what so ever unless your friend is allergic to possible rust particles. Galvanized is nothing more then a hot zinc covering over black steel. I would be a lot more concerned about toxic plastic piping leaching crap into the potable water system. Author Posts Viewing 1 reply thread You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In