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Toxic levels of lead
I submitted this review to Amazon on 7/27, but apparently it was taken down without notifying me. I resubmit this now for those who wish to be informed about the lead in this product, absent the external links which Amazon will not allow The agency for toxic health and disease registry (ATSDR) cites the following for drinking water: The EPA Lead and Copper Rule has set drinking water standards with two levels of protection [EPA 1991; EPA 2000b]. Action levels for lead of 15 ppb and copper of 1.3 ppm in more than 10% of customer taps sampled. An action level is the level for enforcement. Great Lakes states that their product has: "1.5 ppm" (note that is parts per million as opposed to the parts per billion mentioned in the previous citation). As a billion is 1000 times greater than a million, if you convert to the EPA standard, which is 15 parts per "billion" for an "action level for water", Great Lakes says their product has 1.5 parts of lead per "million", which, if you convert the million to billion standard, means there would be 1500 parts per "billion" of lead in this product, or one hundred times the 15 parts per billion EPA "action level" for lead in drinking water.
September 2018 · Health and Household · verified purchase
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