What Is Lead?
Another heavy metal, lead was once found in many products, including water pipes. In 1986, the federal government banned new lead service lines, which bring water into people’s homes. But it can still enter drinking water through the millions of lead pipes that remain in the ground or in people’s homes. It has been tied to reduced IQ and slowed growth in children, high blood pressure, and reproductive problems.
WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
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CR’s Test Results
118
LEAD
(parts per billion)
2.0
samples had detectable
amounts of lead. CR believes
lead should not be detectable
in drinking water.
1.5
1.0
0.5
over 0 ppb
0
120 SAMPLES TESTED
What Is Lead?
Another heavy metal, lead was once found in many products, including water pipes. In 1986, the federal government banned new lead service lines, which bring water into people’s homes. But it can still enter drinking water through the millions of lead pipes that remain in the ground or in people’s homes. It has been tied to reduced IQ and slowed growth in children, high blood pressure, and reproductive problems.
WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
HOME
PLUMBING
SERVICE
LINES
CR’s Test Results
118
LEAD
(parts per billion)
2.0
samples had detectable
amounts of lead. CR believes
lead should not be detectable
in drinking water.
1.5
1.0
0.5
over 0 ppb
0
120 SAMPLES TESTED
What Is Lead?
Another heavy metal, lead was once found in many products, including water pipes. In 1986, the federal government banned new lead service lines, which bring water into people’s homes. But it can still enter drinking water through the millions of lead pipes that remain in the ground or in people’s homes. It has been tied to reduced IQ and slowed growth in children, high blood pressure, and reproductive problems.
WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
HOME
PLUMBING
SERVICE
LINES
CR’s Test Results
118
LEAD
(parts per billion)
2.0
samples had detectable
amounts of lead. CR believes
lead should not be detectable
in drinking water.
1.5
1.0
0.5
over 0 ppb
0
120 SAMPLES TESTED
What Is Lead?
CR’s Test Results
118
Another heavy metal, lead was once found in many products, including water pipes. In 1986, the federal government banned new lead service lines, which bring water into people’s homes. But it can still enter drinking water through the millions of lead pipes that remain in the ground or in people’s homes. It has been tied to reduced IQ and slowed growth in children, high blood pressure, and reproductive problems.
LEAD
(parts per billion)
2.0
samples had detectable
amounts of lead. CR believes
lead should not be detectable
in drinking water.
1.5
1.0
0.5
WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
over 0 ppb
0
120 SAMPLES TESTED
SERVICE
LINES
HOME
PLUMBING
What Is Lead?
CR’s Test Results
118
Another heavy metal, lead was once found in many products, including water pipes. In 1986, the federal government banned new lead service lines, which bring water into people’s homes. But it can still enter drinking water through the millions of lead pipes that remain in the ground or in people’s homes. It has been tied to reduced IQ and slowed growth in children, high blood pressure, and reproductive problems.
LEAD
(parts per billion)
2.0
samples had detectable
amounts of lead. CR believes
lead should not be detectable
in drinking water.
1.5
1.0
WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
0.5
over 0 ppb
SERVICE
LINES
HOME
PLUMBING
0
120 SAMPLES TESTED