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HML, Inc.

Established 1976

ISO A Class Testing Certified

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HML, Inc.
912 W. McGalliard
Muncie, IN 47303
p- 800-551-5217
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Know What's in Your House to Insure Your Families Safety

Household Contamination
Personal SymptomsPossible Causes
  • Frequent ear & eye infections, diarrhea, urinary tract infections, skin diseases.M/li>
  • Coliform contamination in drinking water.
  • In children: hearing loss, inability to concentrate, hyperactivity, reduced IQ
  • In middle aged med: hypertension, brain & kidney damage, strokes, heart attacks
  • In pregnant women: increaded blood pressure, early delivery, low birth weight babies, minor birth defects
  • Lead contamination in drinking water, in paint & paint dust
  • live in home built before 1978
  • Does not eat regular meals
  • Live with people who work in lead-related jobs
  • Play in places contaminated with lead
  • Lead poisoning comes from:
    • Moving parts of doors & windows making lead dust
    • Lead-based paints
    • Soil nest to exterior of buildings or near busy streets
    • Drinking water
    • Colored newsprint
    • Car batteries
    • Glazed pottery and cookware produced outside the U.S.
    • Removing old paint to paint house or refinish furniture
  • May cause cancer
  • May cause liver and kidney damage
  • May cause thyroid and reproductive organ damage
  • Nervous, immune, and circulatory system effects.
  • Herbicide & pesticide contamination in drinking water
  • Herbicide & pesticide contamination comes from rain water runoff of farm fields and laws
  • In babies and children: methemoglobinemia ("blue baby syndrome", Oxygen deprivation which may be harmful to developing nervous systems or cause death by suffocation).
  • In adults: may cause cancer.
  • Nitrates in drinking water
  • Nitrate contamination comes from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks, and sewage
  • Loss of energy, fatigue, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, watery or bloody diarrhea, thickening or discoloration of skin...leading to skin cancer, numbness in hands & feet.
  • Affects young children, older adults, people with long-term illnesses, and unborn babies first.
  • Arsenic contamination in drinking water.

Contamination Levels
ParameterMaximum Level
Coliform Any
Lead 0.015 mg/L
Nitrates 10 mg/L
Arsenic 0.01 mg/L
Nitrites 1 mg/L
Fluoride 4.0 mg/L
Sulfates 250 mg/L
Sulfide 0.1 mg/L
Iron 0.3 mg/L
Sodium 20 mg/L
Cyanide 0.20 mg/L
Chromium 0.05 mg/L
Zinc 5.0 mg/L
Nickel 0.1 mg/L
Mercury 0.002 mg/L
Cadmium 0.005 mg/L
Barium 2.0 mg/L
Copper 1.3 mg/L

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