Lead in drinking water

Safety and quality of drinking water are among the important responsibilities of analytical chemists and measurement scientists. Toxic elements, such as lead, cadmium, selenium, etc are an important health risk if found in water and their content has to be constantly monitored.

This video of an internationally known expert – Dr. Marc Edwards of Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech – gives a very good overview of the whole issue, including the measurement-related problems:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3CawkKdAP4