The latest evidence, according to the HSE and the EPA, indicates no level of lead in drinking water is considered to be completely safe – so it should be minimised at all costs.
A certain level of monitoring is required by law depending on the size of supply – the EPA checks a few thousand samples a year. But, he added, Irish Water was doing more than required “to find where the problems are”.The levels found by Irish Water recently were similar in some instances to those found by the EPA in the past, he said.
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