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There’s Lead in That?!
« on: October 21, 2017, 07:37:44 am »
There’s Lead in That?!
By Brenda Goodman, MA, Elizabeth Fite, Andy Miller
 
Sept. 6, 2017 -- Shortly before midnight, Tamara Rubin was roaming the aisles of a local big-box store in Portland, OR, with her friend Carissa Berg Bonham, armed with a handheld X-ray gun and a smartphone.

They were looking for lead.

They started with garden hoses. The hoses were OK, but some brass connectors and nozzles had high lead levels.

https://www.webmd.com/special-reports/lead-dangers/20170906/lead-consumer-products