GH Seal Spotlight: Safe Home DIY Lead in Drinking Water Test Kit

Birnur Aral, Ph.D., Good Housekeeping Institute
·2 min read
Photo credit: amazon
Photo credit: amazon

From Good Housekeeping

Whether you rely on city water or a well, your home's water quality can change over time. Use this do-it-yourself test kit to assess your home's drinking water for lead, a harmful and unsafe contaminant that can significantly damage health, especially in young children and pets. The speedy and simple test will provide you with almost-instant insights on the quality of your home's drinking water and whether your water supply has lead above the EPA's recommended action levels.

WHY IT EARNED THE GH SEAL

Our chemists were impressed by the simplicity and speed of this test kit and also by the quality control measures the Safe Home team has in place to ensure the accuracy of each kit.

  1. EASY TO USE. Not everything that has DIY in its name is as seamless as using this kit, which comes with very clear written step-by-step instructions and matching images. Our at-home consumer testers rated it high in this category. "It was easy to use and did not require a lot of 'active' time," one tester reported. Another fan said: "The instructions were easy to read and comprehend. It made testing my water fun, like doing a science project!"

  2. FAST RESULTS. All of our home-use consumer testers gave this kit full marks for providing results in as little as ten minutes. One tester summed it up: "I liked how easy and fast the test was. I've used other home test kits that weren't as easy to follow nor as fast in giving clear results."

  3. PROVEN ACCURACY. Safe Home scientists have been in the water quality testing business for nearly 40 years. Each batch goes through robust Quality Assurance procedures to make sure that you won't get false positives, or even worse, false negatives.

  4. RELIABLE PEACE OF MIND. Lead can leach into drinking water from pipes, faucets, and plumbing fixtures in your home, especially if it was built before 1986. Pipes carrying water from the water source to your home may also contaminate your drinking water supply with Lead. This is exactly what happened in Flint, Michigan, in 2014. Since you likely can't control how old your house or how poor your municipality's infrastructure is, checking lead levels in your drinking water can provide a peace of mind. Safe Home also has a DIY kit for Bacteria, which has also earned the GH Seal.

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