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Testing for Cyanide
Most people hear and about cyanide and think of the toxic gas used in gas chambers, but few know just how easily they could locate cyanide in their everyday life if they looked a bit closer. Cigarette...
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Cyanide in Water From Industry
If you live near a mining facility you may want to check your well water for cyanide. Why? Because cyanide can enter your water from the runoff of a mining facility. Cyanide works quite well as a...
View ArticleHome Water Testing Made Easy
Thoughts of testing water for specific chemical parameters scares a lot of folks because they remember all the horrible nights they spent cramming for an upcoming Chemistry test in high school and/or...
View ArticleSafe Drinking Water Means Safer Soldiers
Several members of the Water Testing Blog staff have spoken with members of the military, both currently enlisted and recently discharged, and found out that some soldiers do not have access to simple,...
View ArticleDrinking Water Contaminants: Symptoms, Contaminants and Simple Tests
Below please find a very simplified table of potential symptoms and testing methods for several contaminants which sometimes wind up in drinking water. This list in no way, shape or form represents the...
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Man Does Unspeakable Thing in Co-Worker’s Water Bottle
We have all heard the stories about people having date rape drugs slipped into their drinks while out at bars and nightclubs, but how many have heard of THIS? A male co-worker put his own…. ‘seed’…....
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Testing for Nitrates in Drinking Water
Blue baby syndrome. A very good reason to test the water coming up from your well for nitrates. Blue baby syndrome can also be caused by Methemoglobinemia. It is believed to be caused by high nitrate...
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Water Testing Meter for Municipal Water Testing
In our last posting we mentioned a relatively new water testing meter called the eXact Micro 8 because of its ability to test for both free dissolved iron and total iron. We since have received a...
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Mercury Cyanide Test Kit
A concerned reader from the Ohio area asked, “Do you know of a mercury cyanide testing kit that works on puddle water? Our neighborhood is right on the edge of a big factory that has a lot of metal...
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Testing for Cyanide in/on Apples?
This morning we received a question about the Emergency Cyanide Test Kit that we carry in the Water Test Kit Store.'Mr F'' asked, "Will the coloration or something indicate to me which sample of water...
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