Water Quality Testing Blog

Suggested viewing if you handle pool chemicals, manage pools or own one, the American Chemistry Council and the Chlorine Institute created this educational Pool Chemical Safety Video to help prevent accidents. It explains how to safely handle pool chemicals, prevent mishaps, and maintain a healthy swimming environment that protecting bathers from harmful germs. … READ MORE

The Childcare kit from ITS is designed specifically to meet strict childcare sanitation rules for testing sanitizer and disinfecting solutions. The kit has test strips that measure critical sanitizing ranges (from 50 – 200 ppm) AND disinfecting ranges (from 500 – 800 ppm) and includes a tablespoon and quarter cup measurer plus sanitizer preparation method. Simply dip the test strip into your so … READ MORE

Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant is back in the news 2 1/2 years after the catastrophe. Water with high radiation levels are leaking from the facility and pouring into the Pacific Ocean. Compounding the problem is testing that uncovered contaminated fish with high levels of radiation near the plant. Japan’s Prime Minister Abe ordered the government to step in and help the TEPCO company with the mas … READ MORE

Are you worried about the quality of your home water? The eXact® Micro 7+ handheld photometer is perfect for residential water testing. Packaging superior design and engineering with the latest patented technologies to deliver safe and exact water testing solutions that cost less. It uses our patented EZ-3™ Reagent Delivery Method for easy streamlined testing in a 4 mL plastic sample cell using … READ MORE

Remember when Dr. Oz scared us about Apple Juice because his tests found higher than normal levels of Arsenic? The US Food and Drug Administration responded then Congress got involved. After public pressure, the FDA set a new limit on the acceptable level of arsenic allowed in apple juice.Under the new regulation the accepted FDA level in apple juice was lowered from 23 parts per billion (ppb) to … READ MORE

Have you found bottles on your doorstep with a request for a home water test sample? Was someone at your door offering to test your drinking water for free? Offers to test home tap water are part of a growing water testing scam used to sell expensive water treatment devices or home water system. Last week the scam victimized the residents of Conyers, Georgia.To learn about your water quality, the … READ MORE

A new study by the CDC illustrates the importance of practicing good hygiene when we swim in a pool. Michele Hlavsa, chief of the CDC’s Healthy Swimming Program had great advice. “Remember chlorine and other disinfectants don’t kill germs instantly. That’s why it’s important for swimmers to protect themselves by not swallowing the water they swim in and to protect others by keeping feces and germs … READ MORE