Natalie,
I just was reading your post out loud to my boyfriend who is from Massachusetts. (When he asked me out last year he sounded like someone from New York and sometimes I can hardly understand some of his words LOL)
Anyway, he not only is from Mass. but has one of his degrees in metallurgy. He has stuck by me with this cuz I'm so awesome (lol) lesions and all. That makes HIM awesome.
And when I read it outloud he turned to me and said, "That's because all the city plumbing is lead." I know you're not in Boston, but if it's an old property you're in, there may be lead pipes. And as we all know now, heavy metals and parasites seem close relatives in the "Creature Cantina" of our world today.
Nat, can you take it to the press? Can you have your water tested? Take it to the city and demand it be tested!
I'm just trying to help and am outraged you are going through so much.
Kritters |