Archive For September, 2009

Lead Levels Thought Safe May Not Be Safe After All

By | September 22, 2009

Once again we have stumbled across information about the dangers of lead exposure. While not specifically related to lead in drinking water, a common source of lead exposure, the information did catch our attention and we think all parents and care providers for children should know about.
Lead levels below the ‘accepted safe’ limit of 10 [...]

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Teaching Kids About Water Quality

By | September 22, 2009

Recently we read about a teacher in Aiken, SC taking her students out to Aiken County Open Land Trust Carolina Bay to do some water testing and take a walk through Nature.
All of us here at Water Testing Blog enjoy hearing about schoolteachers who take students out on field trips and teach them about water [...]

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Testing for Fluoride in Water

By | September 21, 2009

Technicians in a water testing laboratory use a chemical testing technique with the anacronym SPADNS to measure the fluoride content of a water sample. Traditionally this test involved the use of labware and chemicals not typically found outside of the laboratory. Therefore pretty much all fluoride in water testing took place in a laboratory setting.

Thanks [...]

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