Lead and Arsenic in Wine Graphic (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Lead and Arsenic in Wine Graphic

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All but one of 65 tested wines exceeded the 10 parts per billion EPA drinking water standard for arsenic, and some New York wines exceeded the 15 parts per billion drinking water standard for lead.

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Posted with permission from the Journal of Environmental Health, a publication of the National Environmental Health Association, www.neha.org.

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