Archive For The “Lead” Category
As much as all of us at Water Testing Blog would like to THINK the items we buy from the store do not contain potentially dangerous levels of things like lead, chemicals, etc., we certainly know BETTER than to allow ourselves to believe a lie like that. Question: Who besides us remembers the tragedy of [...]
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Summer weather appears to have made its presence known in a few places already this year and many people have already started planning their annual vacations. While making those plans we ask that you add one small note at the bottom of your schedule or itinerary: Flush your home’s water lines for a bit when [...]
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As the weather warms and school science fair project season rolls back around you may want to keep the WaterSafe Science Project Kit in mind. Available in 4-packs and 10-packs, the kits allow users to quickly and easily test water samples for 8 important water quality parameters: Lead – individual test Bacteria – individual test [...]
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A plethora of water quality improvement products exists and sometimes the choices seem overwhelming — even to folks with more than a little knowledge on the topics of water quality and water quality improvement. Today’s inquiry came to us from ‘Ric C’ who asked a very wise question about a water filtration unit he may [...]
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If you have not heard this already, studies have found that popular brands of juice contain higher than expected levels of arsenic, a naturally occurring toxic element known to cause definite health problems with prolonged exposure. Arsenic Quick Test Kit for Water Testing What juice brands contained arsenic? Name brands you might recognize included Minute [...]
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As if having your entire town turned upside down, both literally and figuratively, did not do enough damage, now residents in Joplin, Missouri have a new problem to contend with: Higher than normal levels of lead showing up during environmental sampling. In tests of 44 properties in Jasper County, 19 showed high levels of lead, [...]
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Ever wonder about the quality of water coming out of a drinking water fountain? Perhaps you should since a good number of drinking water fountains in public places still may contain older plumbing that contains pipes joined together with lead-based solders. Simple Test Kit for Lead in Water Fountains Below you will find excerpts from [...]
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Anyone that has taken the initiative to install a water filter or water purification device/system in their home deserves a bit of praise… and those that continue to take an interest in the quality of their water after installing a water treatment system deserve even MORE for their efforts. As an example, ‘J. Mampilly’ from [...]
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With all the talk about excess metal contamination in our environment (in the air, in the water, in the soil, in the ground & even in the foods we eat!) it comes as no surprise that people have started to wonder if they, too, have become an unwilling recipient of too many metals. That’s where [...]
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With all of the recent publicity that chromium has gotten as a result of EWG Reports Finding Chromium in Municipal Water Systems, we figured some of you might want to know a bit more about the health effects of chromium, where chromium comes from, how to test for chromium in drinking water, and most importantly… [...]
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