No OP and I don't know about 1988, but lead pipes are still common in the US, either many states have them or all states do. Flint, MI has a plan to eliminate them this year, maybe.
Lead in pipes is only a problem if you have the wrong water chemistry. If the water is naturally or or treated to have the right pH then lead phosphates form and no lead leeches into the water.
Still, I wouldn't want lead pipes.
Lead pipes are overblown as a risk. The bigger issue is putting criminally incompetent people in charge of water.