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Lowering Lead Limits on Faucets and Endpoint Devices: Reducing the Q Criteria in NSF/ANSI/CAN 61

NSF expert Kathryn Foster walks us through how changes to the Q criteria will affect products certified to Section 9 of NSF/ANSI/CAN 61.

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