{"id":528,"date":"2010-06-03T11:16:34","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T16:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/?p=528"},"modified":"2022-12-28T09:43:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T15:43:06","slug":"drinking-water-test-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/drinking-water-test-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Does your drinking water taste funky?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Use a drinking water test kit.<\/h2>\n<p>Fast, easy-to-use water test kits detect hazardous contaminants in municipal and private well drinking water.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lab-quality results in a simple-to-use, affordable test kits<\/li>\n<li>Compare your results with EPA-recommended levels<\/li>\n<li>Comprehensive test kits detect most common water contaminants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/i\/silver-lake-research-ws-425b-drinking-water-test-kit-single-use\/9953002\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Drinking water test kits<\/a> indicate the presence of bacteria, pesticides, and lead. 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