{"id":1714,"date":"2018-04-11T15:10:43","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T15:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2018-04-29T15:20:35","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T15:20:35","slug":"high-lead-levels-private-well-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/high-lead-levels-private-well-water\/","title":{"rendered":"High Lead Levels in Private Well Water May Pose &#8216;Hidden&#8217; Health Risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.org\/content\/acs\/en\/pressroom\/newsreleases\/2018\/march\/elevated-lead-in-private-wells-could-pose-health-risks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This recent press release from the American Chemistry Society<\/a>\u00a0reports on a case study from the organization&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Environmental Science &amp; Technology<\/em> journal on the topic of lead contamination in private wells. This case study focuses on health department findings in Macon County, North Carolina, from a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a brief summary of the case study:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Water was examined in the county after two children were found to have elevated blood-lead levels<\/li>\n<li>Testing revealed &#8220;relatively high&#8221; levels of lead in the drinking water of multiple homes with private wells<\/li>\n<li>The most lead was found in the water immediately after faucets were turned on, and then at varying levels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This case study illustrates that, while we know lead can be present in private wells, little is still known about how lead gets released into these systems. The study also suggests that it&#8217;s possible that the underestimation of lead in private wells may be masking a &#8220;hidden problem&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Learn more by viewing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.org\/content\/acs\/en\/pressroom\/newsreleases\/2018\/march\/elevated-lead-in-private-wells-could-pose-health-risks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the full ACS press release on the topic<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.est.7b05812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the abstract for the\u00a0Environmental Science &amp; Technology article<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While much of the recent press centered around lead contamination of drinking water has focused on city water, the issue is also relevant to those with private wells. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>High Lead Levels in Private Well Water May Pose &#039;Hidden&#039; 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