With this in mind, eliminating lead exposure via drinking water has been an incessant goal for regulatory agencies for several decades. Lead poisoning disproportionally affects pregnant women, infants and children because developing nervous systems are more susceptible to damage from lead exposure, causing issues including reduced IQ, learning disabilities, aggression and other behavioral problems. For this reason, significant focus has been placed on reducing lead levels in drinking water in schools and daycares. While much attention is paid to lead service line replacement, another significant area of focus for lead remediation programs has been to limit lead extraction from endpoint devices — those devices present in the last liter of a drinking water system such as faucets, flex connectors and stop valves.