Plumbosolvency
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is the ability of a solvent, notably water, to dissolve lead. In the public supply of water this is an undesirable property. In (usually older) consumers' premises plumbosolvent water can attack lead pipes and any lead in solder used to join copper
Plumbosolvency of water can be countered by increasing the pH with lime or sodium hydroxide (lye), or by the addition of phosphate at the water treatment works. Such change in pH has been shown to decrease population blood lead concentrations.(3, 4)
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- Rónan Daly, Martin Kimber. "Lead piping and plumbosolvency." Engineers Journal Volume 63, Issue 1: January/February 2009
2. Moore, M.R. Plumbosolvency of waters. Nature (1973) 243 222 223 3. Moore, M.R., Goldberg, A., Fyfe, W.M., and Richards, W.N. Maternal lead levels after alteration to water supply. Lancet (1981) ii: 203 204 . 4. Moore, M.R., Robertson, S.J., Gilmour, W.H., Murray, G.D., Britton, A., Low,R.A. Watt, G.C.M. Decline of blood lead concentrations in Glasgow. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (1998) 52 672-673 5. Troesken E. "The great lead water pipe disaster" MIT Press (2006)
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