What is the difference between the drink-safe FDA hose and the garden hose I have now?
Industry standard water hoses have been known to cause brain damage and growth defects in children who drink from hoses that have been heated in the sun, which can cause dangerous amounts of lead to leach into the water. This is a potential hazard especially for children who drink from hoses or play in hose spray (Reference: California Environmental Health/CEH. Under California’s toxic law Proposition 65, CEH sued the producers for hoses that leach lead into water.) The Armadillos unique construction provides a drink-safe, play-safe product. Dogs will no longer be able to chew and swallow dangerous rubber or vinyl fragments of standard water hoses. In addition, nickel plated crush proof couplings are used to eliminate the leaching of lead traces commonly found in industry standard hoses.
