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THE association of soft water with increased plumbosolvency from domestic cold water systems1 has been shown by Beattie et al.2 to result in elevated levels of blood lead in persons resident in lead plumbed houses in soft water areas. This effect was particularly marked in people resident in houses supplied with cold water from lead lined storage tanks. Here we report a study carried out in an area of Glasgow whose residents were principally owner-occupiers of social classes one and two.
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ADDIS, G., MOORE, M. Lead levels in the water of suburban Glasgow. Nature 252, 121 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/252120a0
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