Countries involved in the Cuban missile crisis were Cuba, USA and USSR. Their leaders were Fidel Castro of the Cuban Communist government, President John F. Kennedy of the U â¦ SA, and Nikita Khrushchev of the USSR.
Copper. Copper occurs naturally occurring in soil and can also get into your drinking water from copper pipes. Copper enhances the corrosion of aluminum and zinc. Also, water with high copper content may have a bitter taste.
Old water pipe, remnant of the Machine de Marly near Versailles, France. For many centuries, lead was the favoured material for water pipes, because its malleability made it practical to work into shape (this use was so common that the word  plumbing  derives from the Latin word for lead).