Archive For January, 2010
We have had many people ask us about potential problems and/or dangers associated with the presence of iron in drinking water since we started the Water Testing Blog. We attribute the public’s interest in iron in drinking water to its ability to stain fixtures, clog certain types of filters, stain clothes, ruin the taste of [...]
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This morning one of our readers sent us a link to an article related to a topic we discussed earlier this year: Government Officials Cover Up Dangerous Levels of Bacteria. Apparently the fallout from that debacle has not finished falling and as a result, new and interesting fact about the quality of water in Missouri [...]
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Think we’re kidding? Just ask everyone living south of the Mason-Dixon line that has had to put up with a lot more days of below freezing temperatures than they have seen in many years. Then for a more personal look at the damage done by all the cold weather, go and ask the residents of [...]
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Tragedy struck in a senior citizens’ community in Ulster County, New York this week when two residents of the Golden Hill Helath Care Center fell ill as a result of unexplained exposure to Legionnaires’ Disease, a condition caused by a bacteria which spreads freely in water vapor.
Officials have not, yet, figured out how the patients [...]
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LaShonda from Mississippi asked…
Recently our community had some problems with several water mains and we lost water for a while. The water came back on but we have not heard from the health dept that we can use the water without boiling it first, etc. Should we wait for the health department to tell things [...]
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Over the past few years we have published a number of articles on the topic of arsenic in drinking water, well water, groundwater, etc. Today we learned that a site dedicated to various arsenic test kits from the Arsenic Quick™ brand has gone ‘live’. You can view it here at www.ArsenicQuick.com.
Below you will find links [...]
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The following message comes from National Safety Products, an online distributor of testing and inspection equipment for many different applications, professions and environments: Every year thousands of families are torn apart by the harmful effects of environmental hazards such as Carbon Monoxide (CO), Radon Gas in air & water, Lead, Mold, Mildew, Fire, Smoke, Gas [...]
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Many of the emails we receive ask questions about topics involving testing for metals in drinking water and/or ways to effectively remove metals from drinking water.
Whether listed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a serious health concern or just a general nuisance, most people care about only one thing: Testing for metals [...]
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We have not done this in a while, but below you will find the most recent specially priced sale items offered by National Safety Products, an online distributor of products used around the World. You can find water testing kits, water testing meters, fire/smoke safety equipment, light meters, flood/water alarms, heat index monitors, electrical testers, [...]
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Some people believe they have to sacrifice creature comforts such as a ‘cool’ showerhead that gives the sensation of standing in the rain if they want to install a shower filter that will reduce chlorine taste, chlorine odor and water harness. Those people clearly have not done their research!
After only a short web search we [...]
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