Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Beware the ides of Faucets

Well, the studies keep coming in. I have read two interesting articles on science news that show Lead in new faucets can be really dangerous.

The first article cites a university that had new faucets and lead concentrations at 1000ppb a WHOLE LOT higher than epa guidelines. The solution? Keep running the water faucet for a while.

Second article cites the danger of faucet aerators and how they can collect lead. Clean out your aerators!

Thomas

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