high lead content

This may in part have been due to the high lead content of the local spring sources.

"Still, there must be a high lead content in the soil.

Laboratory tests can determine if tap water has a high lead content.

The presence of a relatively high lead content has been identified as a contributory factor.

It said wines that used such wraps were found in tests to have the highest lead contents.

Use the one with the highest lead content.

IBM were also able to argue that the local soil always had a high lead content.

Pewter with a high lead content unsuitably used in the past for food vessels (!).

The glass has a high lead content which defined it as "demi-crystal" or semi-crystal.

Their high lead content makes them sparkle more than other glass, but also makes them inherently fragile.

Very high lead content.

Some traditional medicine used to treat teething pain has been found to be harmful due to high lead content, with effects including toxic encephalopathy.

Old glass has a higher lead content than the present day and this made generally made scribing easier and more fluid in its execution.

Its high lead content qualified it as crystal, and Houghton eventually decided that the Steuben line was to be made exclusively of this material.

Older pewters with higher lead content are heavier, tarnish faster, and oxidation gives them a darker silver-gray color.

Its high lead content, Dr. Washton said, results from the use of leaded gasoline, particularly in Colombia.

Concentrates with higher lead contents can be smelted directly into lead metal in a single furnace without excess fuming.

There were no other life forms showing up on his screen but, like Foaly said, the hull had a high lead content; even the paint was lead-based!

Interestingly, petrol has been lead-free in Tokyo since 1976, while Mexican petrol has nearly the highest lead content in the world.

Additionally, the water distillation system may have used lead piping and lead-soldered joints, which would have produced drinking water with a high lead content.

Older houses may have lead pipes or solder with high lead content; fixtures may also contain some lead, even in newer houses.

Some manufacturers use brass with a high lead content because when they cast it into molds made of sand, lead is needed to keep the mixture from solidifying too quickly.

In early 2008, allegations of high lead content led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reduce sales of Sindoor in grocery stores.

Such a high lead contents would have made the axes too soft for practical use, suggesting that they were prestige objects that were accumulated as a sign of wealth.

The first two axeheads were subjected to a X-ray fluorescence scan at Cranfield University, which showed that the bronze alloy has a very high lead content (nearly 55%).