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Ajmal et al. (1997) investigated lead leaching into tea from ceramic mugs in India.
The lack of size reduction resulted in less reducing conditions than the standard TCLP (because of increased iron and zinc leaching), and this resulted in greater lead leaching.
To our knowledge, ours is one of only a handful of studies in the peer-reviewed literature to evaluate lead leaching into coffee or tea from lead-containing ceramics.
To our knowledge, then, the current study is the first to evaluate lead leaching into coffee and tea from ceramic mugs purchased in the 21st century in the U.S. (with the exception of the Red Decorative mug, which was purchased in Europe).
The Flint water scandal blew up in 2014 after the city switched its water source from the Detroit system to the Flint River and failed to ensure that corrosion inhibitors were used to stop lead leaching into Flint's pipes.
The officials said they had traced the source of the problem to strengthening the chlorine by adding ammonia, which leads to lead leaching from water pipes.
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