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This is a subjective opinion derived from my own private testing, but our testing led me to believe that even so-called drinking water certified hoses may not be safe because the legal mandates don't cover every toxin that may be present in these hoses. After reading a report at ecocenter.org/search/node/garden%20hose I came to the conclusion that PVC based hoses are the riskiest to use. Rubber is better, and polyurethane is best. Far more expensive, but 'what price heath?'. Unfortunately the popular Camco brand was not tested so we tested ourselves. The lower cost Camco drinking water safe hoses (that use brass fittings) failed the test. However, the more expensive Camco PREMIUM hoses (darker in color and zinc coasted brass fittings) did pass the test. Interestingly, the premium hose is still made from PVC, but did test safe in our testing). I ended up keeping the one Camco Premium hose, but next time a drinking water certified hose was required I bought an ELEY polyurethane hose. It has brass fittings, but this hose is listed in the aforementioned report, and levels were very low.