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Lead in Water : Questions and Answers

September 10, 2004
By National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.). Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch.

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National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.). Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch.
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Measures taken during the last two decades have greatly reduced exposures to lead in tap water. These measures include actions taken under the requirements of the 1986 and 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (http://www.epa.gov/safewater/sdwa/sdwa.html) and the EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule (http://www.epa.gov/safewater/leadcop.html).

Even so, lead still can be found in some metal water taps, interior water pipes, or pipes connecting a house to the main water pipe in the street. Lead found in tap water usually comes from the corrosion of older fixtures or from the solder that connects pipes. When water sits in leaded pipes for several hours, lead can leach into the water supply.
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Humans Incidence Lead Lead Poisoning Public Health Risk Assessment Water
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United States
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