High Levels Of Lead Found In Half The Homes In Chicago

CHICAGO, IL, January 31, 2012 (Water Tech) — After the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tested 29 homes in the Chicago area half of them came back showing to have more than 15 parts per billion of lead, according to the Chicago Tribune.   And this means that…..

Lead at those levels can trigger regulatory action through routine screening, which will help regulators decide if procedures to test homes’ tap water for lead should be updated, stated the article.

The current procedure only test the first liter of water that comes out of homeowners’ faucets to be checked, and nothing is done unless 10 percent of the homes tested are over 15 ppb, according to the article.

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