No. This misconception started when an article reported that a small lead device was tested to the NSF/ANSI Standard 61 test protocol and it passed for lead. A close reading of the article shows that the lead device was only tested with the pH 5 test water. It was not tested with the pH 10 test water, which is required by the standard.

NSF/ANSI Standard 61 requires all metallic products and components to be evaluated for the leaching of lead as well as other metal contaminants. Metallic pipe, fittings, valves, and other mechanical devices are all tested with two specially formulated waters. One is pH 5 and another pH 10. The pH 5 test water is especially aggressive for copper, chromium, nickel, and antimony.

NSF/ANSI Standard 61 Drinking Water System Components-Health Effects is a consensus standard promulgated by NSF International. This standard enables in-depth assessment of a variety of drinking water system products and materials for health effects. This standard is used to evaluate a product for health effect concerns only. NSF/ANSI Standard 61 is narrow in its scope when compared to NSF/ANSI Standard 14 in respect to quality and performance.

NSF/ANSI Standard 61 is overseen by the NSF Drinking Water Additives Joint Committee. This committee has a balance of 1/3 public health regulatory members, 1/3 product manufacturer members, and 1/3 product user representatives. Any proposal to revise the standard is typically assigned to a task group composed of joint committee members and external experts. Task group members are assigned by the chairman of the joint committee. One standing group is the Health Advisory Board.

Application - NSF/ANSI Standard 61 requires a disclosure by the manufacturer of all water contact materials in the product and a disclosure by the manufacturer's material suppliers of all chemical ingredients in the materials. Formulation, toxicology and product use information - Client and suppliers complete and submit NSF's Product Information Form. This provides formulation, toxicology and product use information.

NSF Standard 61, Section 9 relates to the amount of lead leached from a product while the definition of "lead free" for pipe and pipe fitting corresponds to a maximum of 8% lead content. By amending Section 1417 of the SDWA, Congress incorporated a performance standard into the law for endpoint devices intended to "dispense water for human consumption.

To enable product users to meet bid specification requirements to use NSF 61 Certified products in drinking water applications. Use of NSF 61 Certified products protects public health safety and makes it easy for water utilities to install products that comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requirements. If you have additional questions relating to NSF/ANSI Standard 61 or NSF's certification services, contact Dave Purkiss at 734-827-6855 or purkiss@nsf.org.

For more than 60 years, the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) has been the trusted third-party testing organization for product manufacturers that deliver and treat drinking water. They are an independent, not-for-profit organization. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has served in its capacity as administrator and coordinator of the United States private sector voluntary standardization system for more than 80 years.

The NSF Standard limits the amount of lead from endpoint devices to 11ppb when normalized to 1 liter. This approach is based on the 15ppb action level established in the lead and copper rule, considering the 11ppb lead contributed from the endpoint device as well as from sources other than the endpoint device, which is assumed to be 4ppb.

Multi-Pure Drinking Water Systems have been tested and certified by NSF for the reduction of the following contaminants/substances (*99% is the maximum rate of reduction certified): Multi-Pure Drinking Water Systems have been certified or registered by the states of California, Iowa, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and Colorado (all the states that regulate drinking water systems).

Products certified against the NSF Standard carry a certification mark of the certifying organization. NSF International publishes listing books of products that it has tested and certified against the NSF Standard. NSF International also maintains these listings through its Internet site. One can obtain Listing books from NSF International at 1-800-NSF-MARK, or visit its website at www.nsf.org.

CLISP purports to conform to the [ANSI CL standard] specification, so all deviations in $ clisp -ansi On the other hand, some decisions made by the ANSI X3J13 committee were not as justified from the technical point of view as were most of them, and some of those questionable decisions were made after the alternative behavior has already been implemented in CLISP.

In 1983, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) commissioned a committee to standardize the C language. Their work was ratified as ANS X3.159-1989, and has since been adopted as ISO/IEC 9899:1990, and later amended.

Two available packages are ''defunc,'' posted to comp.sources.misc in December, 1993 (V41 i32,33), to alt.sources in January, 1994, and available from sunsite.unc.edu in pub/packages/development/libraries/defunc-1.3.tar.Z, and ''parse,'' at lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu. Other options include the S-Lang interpreter, available via anonymous ftp from amy.tch.harvard.edu in pub/slang, and the shareware Cmm (''C-minus-minus'' or ''C minus the hard stuff''). See also questions 18.16 and 20.6.