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The 10 Microgramme Lead Limit: What Thames Water Customers Need to Know

The 10 Microgramme Lead Limit: What Thames Water Customers Need to Know

The 10 microgramme lead limit is often misunderstood There is a lot of confusion about the 10 microgrammes per litre lead limit in drinking water. Many people understandably treat…

Lead Pipes in London: Why Thames Water Says They Must Be Replaced – and Why the Problem Is So Difficult to Solve

Lead Pipes in London: Why Thames Water Says They Must Be Replaced – and Why the Problem Is So Difficult…

London’s Unfinished Lead Pipe Problem For many Londoners, lead pipes sound like a problem from another era — something associated with Victorian housing, old street connections and plumbing that…

The Edinburgh Lead Study: A Landmark in Understanding Lead Exposure and Child Behaviour

The Edinburgh Lead Study: A Landmark in Understanding Lead Exposure and Child Behaviour

The Scale of Drinking Water Lead Exposure in Scotland For a long time in Scotland, lead was not a rare hazard hidden in a few unusual homes. It was…