The Low Lead Act became mandatory in the United States on January 4, 2014
On January 4, 2011, President Barack Obama signed into law the Lead Free Act, which requires states to reduce the lead content in pipes and products that come into contact with drinking water from the original 8% to 0.25%. The law goes into effect across the United States on January 4, 2014. Lead is a dangerous pollutant that can damage the nervous system and brain development, and is especially dangerous to pregnant women, infants and children, so the lead-free pipeline products have been the trend of industry development.
Affected products Range: all faucets, water supply fittings, and pipes, valves and other product equipment that come into contact with drinking water. Lead content greater than the standard copper faucets, copper pipes, etc., will not be sold in the United States market.
What about lead in China's faucets? At present, China has become the world's faucet products production and sales power, with the forthcoming implementation of the United States lead-free Act, China's new "GB18145 ceramic disc seal water nozzle" national standard will also be introduced. It is understood that the newly revised standard will be mandatory for the precipitation of 12 kinds of metal elements including lead, chromium, cadmium, mercury, arsenic (trouble to do the next word version), the standard limit value and detection method are the same as the United States NSF standard, when the domestic faucets of various heavy metals exceed the standard chaos or will be effectively contained. Faucet lead-free (low lead) is also bound to become the future sales trend.
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