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These reusable sponges could clean the lead out of your drinking water
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May
May
There’s a good chance that there’s lead in your drinking water: A 2021 analysis from the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council found that 186 million Americans were drinking water with lead levels above the limit recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. (The limit set by the Environmental Protection Agency is more lenient; only 7 million Americans’ water contains lead in excess of that figure).