The WHO is about to lower its recommended limit for arsenic
in tapwater to 10 parts per billion (ppb), a fifth of the current limit in Britain and the rest of the European Community.
WATER companies have been saved from a multibillion - pound bill to clean up lead pollution
in tapwater — thanks to a loophole in a new draft directive from the European Union.
Many other countries in the European Union have not yet conducted surveys into the extent of lead contamination
in tapwater, says Fawell.
Most of the lead
in tapwater comes from domestic lead plumbing, though there is some lead piping in the public supply pipes.
She says that water companies will only have to act to reduce excessive lead levels
in tapwater if it can be shown the lead comes from their pipes.
Not exact matches
Britain's Drinking Water Inspectorate last week revealed
in its annual report that as many as one
in five homes
in Britain may exceed the proposed new European safety limit of 10 micrograms of lead
in a litre of
tapwater.
My doctor told me to soak your socks
in a mixture of 1/3 lemonjuice and 2/3 warm
tapwater.
And I really don't agree with serving bottled water, even if it is local,
in a place where
tapwater is perfectly drinkable if filtered correctly.