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Citizen science EPA Watch program finds disturbing lead levels in water near Phoenix,

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(NaturalNews) We've just finished testing the first 100 water samples we received from Natural News readers via our EPA Watch program to monitor the nation's municipal water supplies. Because the EPA knowingly lies about lead contamination in water -- and because state water testing agencies routinely commit scientific fraud to hide the truth about their water quality -- we have taken on the task of testing water for lead all across America.

Using our high-end analytical laboratory (CWClabs.com) and ICP-MS instrumentation running EPA methodology 200.8, we've just completed heavy metals testing the first 100 water samples we received. (Note: Heavy metals is just the first round of testing we'll be conducting. In another round, we'll be using the sample water samples to test for pesticides and other organic chemicals. Watch for that later...)

A full, detailed report of these water samples -- with details parts per billion results of the heavy metals detected in each water sample -- will be released here on Natural News within a week or so. Until that full report is released, here are some of the highlights of our ICP-MS analysis:
 

EPA Watch water testing results so far (heavy metals only)

• NONE of the water samples contained any mercury at all. Not even a single part per billion. This isn't a mistake. We are 100% certain that all these tested samples contain near-zero mercury. (Not surprising, as mercury is not commonly found in municipal water supplies.)



• Out of 100 water samples, over 95% were below the EPA's current lead limit of 15 parts per billion. We found one alarming sample with lead showing 700% higher than the EPA limit, and we found 2-3 other samples with lead at about half the EPA limit. (See below for details on the alarming sample we found.)

• Cadmium levels were consistently low, as was arsenic, across nearly all samples.

• We did find some evidence of copper contamination, with some samples as high as around 400 ppb copper. The EPA limit on copper is 1300 ppb, and we didn't find any water samples even close to that. Nevertheless, I wouldn't want to be drinking 400 ppb copper on a daily basis, so we will point out the copper problems in our detailed report.

• Total dissolved solids in the water varied widely, and we confirmed very high levels of strontium in many samples (over 1000 ppb). There's no danger in this, by the way. Strontium is a nutritive mineral that often appears alongside calcium.

Here's a look at some of the water vials we prepped for analysis:

Citizen science EPA Watch program finds disturbing lead levels in water near Phoenix, Arizona... 100 water samples now tested... see results highlights here

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