Archive For The “Metals” Category
Can you get orange hair from tap (or well) water? Some residents in the Boulder Hill area of Illinois have presented their local water department with evidence that it can happen… and have water test results documenting the presence of three times the normal level of iron in their tap water. Last week, residents complained [...]
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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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We get asked this question more times than we care to count… and we don’t mind answering it because at least it means the people asking us have taken an interest in the quality of the water they drink, cook with and use for showering/bathing. Easy to Install, No MaintenanceWater Filter for Nitrates and OtherUnwanted [...]
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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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What? Surely you jest… Cyanide in my DRINKING WATER?!?!? Oh, how we wish the possibility of cyanide, the same deadly compound used to execute prisoners in gas chambers, entering drinking water supplies did not exist. Despite cyanide’s reputation as a known killer, many industries still find it quite useful in a number of manufacturing processes. [...]
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Last week we touched on the topic of testing for potentially toxic heavy metals in human hair — a very wise thing to do if you have reason to believe your tap water or other aspect of your everyday environment may contain excess amounts of heavy metals. Now the question becomes, can a person test [...]
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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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News outlets have slammed the airwaves w/ tidbits from the EWG Report talking about Chromium (VI) levels found in 30+ municipal water supplies across the United States so naturally it follows that people want to know where they can find simple test methods for Chromium (VI), also called hexavalent chromium. A chromium in water test [...]
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