Inspection finds faucet with excessive lead Staff writer, with CNA One out of 10 drinking water faucets failed a government safety inspection, as it was found that the device contained an excessive amount of lead, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) said on Thursday. The 10 faucets were purchased online or at local stores from April 7 to May 6 last year, the bureau and the Consumers’ Foundation, which jointly conducted the inspection, told a news conference in Taipei. Inspectors tested the levels of heavy metals in the faucets and found that parts of one of them — a two-way kitchen faucet from the Lolat brand — was more than 0.25 percent lead by weight, Consumers’ Foundation Secretary-General Hsu Tse-yu (徐則鈺) said.