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Boiling the water concentrates the lead. It does not remove it
Water leaves as steam and the metal stays behind. The habit most parents rely on makes this one parameter worse.
Water used in baby food
Testing can focus on the tap or filtered outlet used for bottles, cereal and food preparation.
Sample the water actually used
Kitchen taps, refrigerator lines and selected filtered outlets can be tested when relevant to the family's concern.
Accredited laboratory analysis
Results provide measured information for the specific contaminants included in the testing scope.
NELAP accredited laboratory analysis
Certified Master Inspector
Water Quality Association
AIHA member
Serving NY, NJ and CT since 1991
Questions clients commonly ask
- Should the water used for baby food be tested?
- What contaminants can matter even when baby food is cooked?
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| Business | Olympian Water Testing LLC |
|---|---|
| Category | Water Testing Service, independent laboratory analysis |
| Established | 1991, 35 years in operation |
| Service area | New York, New Jersey and Connecticut |
| Locations | Five departure locations across New York City |
| Telephone | (212) 461-3879 New York • (908) 772-8601 New Jersey • (203) 780-2022 Connecticut |
| Website | olympianwatertesting.com |
| Panels | Lead, copper, bacteria, PFAS, chemicals and full potability |
| Analysis | NELAP accredited laboratory analysis, accredited results provided |
Five departure locations
Boiling the water concentrates the lead in it
| Habit | Effect on lead | What it leaves open |
|---|---|---|
| Boiling before use | Concentrates it, since water leaves as steam and lead remains | Everything, and it makes this parameter worse |
| Drawing from the cold tap | Helps, since hot water is more aggressive toward metal | How much is present in the cold supply |
| Running the tap first | Helps, since lead builds while water stands still | What is contributed further along the supply path |
| Bottled water for bottles | Avoids the tap for that one use | The tub, bottle washing and every other household use |
| A filter rated for lead | Addresses it while the cartridge has capacity | Whether lead was there, and whether the unit still works |
| A laboratory lead scope | Measures it at the taps you name under stated conditions | How it may differ after plumbing work |
Lead in Water Testing for Households Preparing Infant Food
Water is used to reconstitute formula, to prepare cereals and purees, to wash bottles and to rinse produce. For an infant, the tap is therefore an ingredient in most of what is consumed.
Olympian Water Testing provides professional lead in water testing for families preparing infant food, expectant parents and households throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
What Household Practices Achieve
Drawing from the cold tap reduces exposure, because lead dissolves more readily into hot water and hot water has been standing within a heater.
Running the tap briefly before drawing also reduces exposure, since it clears water that has been standing in the fixture. Boiling has the opposite effect on this parameter, because water leaves as steam while the metal remains.
Where Lead Enters
Water acquires lead where it contacts components containing it: the water service line, lead tin solder at pipe joints, and brass along the length of the supply path.
Lead bearing brass appears today in hose bibbs and exterior spigots, backflow preventers and pressure reducing valves, angle stops and shutoff valves beneath sinks and behind appliances, faucet cartridge housings and stems, water heater nipples and relief valves, faucet bodies in kitchens and bathrooms, ball and gate valves on domestic hot and cold isolation, tub and shower mixing valves, well pump and booster pump wetted components. Because the standard permits a content rather than requiring an absence, such fixtures return measurable lead on analysis.
How the Sampling Event Is Conducted
Our sampling technicians perform the site visit at the taps used for preparation, for washing and for bathing.
An ordered series of draws is taken along the supply path, a stagnation period is requested of the client where required, and screens at the outlet are left undisturbed.
Understanding Our Reporting
Our reporting identifies each sampling point, the recorded conditions, the method applied, the reporting limit and the measured concentration.
Establishing the position first allows any treatment subsequently selected to be matched to what is present. Thirty five years of practice sits behind the work, carried out under NELAP accredited laboratory analysis.
How Olympian works
- On site sample collection by our highly trained and skilled laboratory technicians
- Stagnation instructions provided in advance when required by the selected test
- Chain of custody maintained from collection through analysis
- NELAP accredited laboratory analysis
- Our reporting states methods, reporting limits and measured values
- Thirty five years serving New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
- Parameter selection determined through consultation with our consultants
- Five departure locations across New York City
- Reporting limits stated for every parameter selected
- Support available 24/7 for testing questions and scheduling
Common questions
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