A focused, affordable first look at the heavy metals in your tap or well water. One bottle, one rule — don't rinse it.
Heavy metals are invisible, tasteless, and odorless. Lead has no safe level of exposure: in children it lowers IQ, harms attention and behavior, and the damage is permanent. Arsenic is a known human carcinogen linked to bladder, lung, and skin cancers and to cardiovascular disease.
Copper and chromium leach from plumbing and fittings; chronic copper exposure causes gastrointestinal distress and, at high levels, liver and kidney damage. Iron and manganese are aesthetic and health flags - manganese in drinking water is increasingly linked to neurological effects in infants.
Take the sample from a cold, unfiltered tap. Flush the line 2-3 minutes first. Do NOT rinse the bottle - it is acid-preserved. Fill to within 1-2 inches of the top, cap, chill on the gel pack, and ship the same day you collect. Holding time begins the moment the bottle is capped.
The lab uses Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) under EPA Method 200.8. The sample is nebulized into an argon plasma at ~6,000-10,000 K, which strips elements to ions; a mass spectrometer then counts each metal ion by mass. Sensitivity reaches parts-per-trillion - far below what taste, smell, or color strips can detect.
Independently operated, with no ties to filter or remediation companies. Every sample is analyzed by an accredited partner laboratory under EPA-referenced methods, with a documented chain of custody — and your data is yours.
Order today, collect at home, and mail it back in the prepaid pouch.
For informational & screening purposes. Not a medical diagnosis.