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What is NSF/ANSI 61?

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Tom Robinson

From http://www.nsf.org. If you manufacture, sell or distribute water treatment or distribution products in North America, your products are required to comply with NSF/ANSI Standard 61: Drinking Water System Components – Health Effects by most governmental agencies that regulate drinking … Continue reading →

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Lead Free Faucet Standards and Freendo Faucets

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Tom Robinson

ANO, Inc. located in Arlington Heights, Il represents Freendo Faucets. One of the criteria that ANO used in selecting to represent Freendo Faucets was they complied with the lead free requirements of the new Federal Law and NSF/ANSI 64. Freendo … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Stainless and Lead Free Standards

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Tom Robinson

January 4, 2014 the low lead standard NSF/ANSI 61 which requires no more than .25% lead in the water channel became Federal law. Eclipse Stainless has always been made from lead free stainless steel instead of traditional brass and therefore … Continue reading →

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How to Buy a Lead Free Faucet

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Tom Robinson

How to buy a lead free faucets: Look for the designation NSF/ANSI 64 on the package. This does not mean 100% lead free just low enough lead level to comply with the law. Look at the faucet. If the copper … Continue reading →

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What is a Lead Free Faucet and Why Isn’t it Lead Free?

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Tom Robinson

On the surface the question ‘What is a Lead Free Faucet” should self explanatory. It should be a faucet with no lead but that is not the case. Traditionally nearly all faucets were made from Brass. Brass could contain up … Continue reading →

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