LEMONADE PERIL
The danger of the consumption of acid liquids which have boon drawn through lead pipes, has been brought to tho notice of tho Hackney Public Health Committee, who have warned local vendors of lemonade that the use of load s.yphons must be discontinued or legal prosecution will follow. This warning lias resulted from tho medical officer’s report that a sampio of lemonade when examined was found to contain .6 grains per gallon of lead. In some instances, says tho report, tho presence of loud in foodstuffs and beer in the proportion of one grain per gallon has been proved, to cause lend poisoning. The load in this instance was dissolved from the pipe employed lo svphon the lemonade from the glass )ars used as containers.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12616, 29 November 1926, Page 2
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127LEMONADE PERIL New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12616, 29 November 1926, Page 2
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