โNov-14-2016 09:27 AM
โNov-16-2016 09:28 AM
stevenal wrote:
It's a private outfit. Found a list of certified labs on a state website. They can run all the tests you might want to do on domestic water. USPS handled the transport, and the results were obtained via email.
Testing kits are available from Amazon, but they appear to only detect the presence of lead, not the amount.
โNov-16-2016 07:10 AM
โNov-15-2016 07:25 PM
โNov-15-2016 05:36 PM
beemerphile1 wrote:
Do you have young children? Lead is only a critical concern for young children.
โNov-15-2016 12:59 PM
westend wrote:stevenal wrote:
State certified testing lab.
So you are transporting samples to this lab? Is this lab a private company or is it a gov't agency? The reason I'm asking is that I'm clueless where I would bring a water sample to be tested.
โNov-15-2016 12:51 PM
stevenal wrote:
State certified testing lab.
โNov-15-2016 11:08 AM
โNov-15-2016 10:16 AM
โNov-15-2016 06:55 AM
wa8yxm wrote:
The best advice I have ever seen is to let the water run a bit before filling your glass., or rinse the glass first.
And now you know why.
โNov-15-2016 05:55 AM
garyemunson wrote:
Remember, the first bit of water to come out of a faucet after sitting a while may test high for lead but just a few seconds of flushing the water standing in the fixture should provide water meeting the supplier's specs. I doubt water passing through a fixture picks up any testable level of lead contamination.
โNov-15-2016 04:29 AM
Horizon170 wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
After all the years of drinking hot water from a rubber garden hose, eating/chewing on lead based paint growing up, wallowing in Red Lead paint in NAVY bilges along with the 30 yrs exposure to asbestos I doubt a little lead leaching from a brass fixture is going to cause ME an issues.
My Immune System was heavily assaulted and has survived.....:B
Don't forget the Mercury we poured into our palms and rubbed pennies in it to make them shinny, and biting lead split shot on fishing lines.:B
โNov-15-2016 03:54 AM
โNov-14-2016 03:45 PM
โNov-14-2016 02:09 PM
stevenal wrote:
With lead in water making the news lately, I decided to do some testing at home.