From On the House with the Carey Brothers: Don't Drink the Hose Water! Working in the yard? Hot and thirsty? Don't grab the hose for a nice cool drink!
You're working out in the yard, it's hot, and you're thirsty. You grab the hose for a cool drink. Is this wise? Better stop and think. Today you'll learn what some of us know: Don't drink the water from the garden hose. Most hose linings are made from recycled PVC, and when exposed to the hot sun, this scrap polyvinyl chloride can leech all sorts of toxic chemicals into the water.