Emerging Contaminants

Hi all… a new study on lead in drinking water has just been published in the journal Water Research. A total of 78,971 water samples collected in four Canadian provinces from elementary schools, daycares, and other large buildings were analyzed for lead. The authors anticipate that “lead at the tap would not contribute to elevated blood [...]

Hi all…So the Flint lead contamination event has been making headlines for a few months now. What do we know? I’ve accessed some EXCEL spreadsheets which provide some interesting raw lead data (links below). Adjacent homes can have values of 0 µg/L and 5,000 µg/L! It would be difficult for the City to even say [...]