Hose Nozzle

Kids drinking from the hose this summer? Maybe don’t let them? Hose pictured is 22,300 ppm Lead. 90 is unsafe.

Kids drinking from the hose this summer? Maybe don’t let them? Hose pictured is 22,300 ppm Lead. 90 is unsafe.

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Originally Published: June 30, 2019 Updated: July 2, 2021 Who doesn’t have the childhood memory of the sensation of putting their mouth up against the cool bubbling water right at the end of the hose to drink on a hot summer day? I certainly do! The concern for Lead in hoses is two-fold: potential contamination…

Brass Walmart hose nozzle (2017): 39,500 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe & illegal in items intended for use by kids.

Brass Walmart hose nozzle (2017): 39,500 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe & illegal in items intended for use by kids.

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Hose nozzle: 39,500 ppm lead. New on the shelf at Walmart in August of 2017 Tested with an XRF instrument. All yellow brass hose and gardening components I have tested have been very high lead like this one (and many also have contaminants like mercury and arsenic.) To see more of my posts related to gardening,…