It is important to note that our Syncom Shilajit was found to contain NO other heavy metal but only "lead".

We would categorically and firmly deny that. Our Syncom Shilajit does not contain lead metal beyond permissible limits. We use the word permissible limits ( 10 parts per billion - 10 PPB) because technically the word zero cannot be used. Even the best of packaged mineral water, prescription medicines from multi billion dollar pharmaceutical conglomerates or any packaged food contains lead - but within permissible limits. We are not talking about the tap water that feeds our homes, hospitals and laboratories. That is the main issue which we will see in detail.

Where does lead contamination come from? 
Lead is a modern day phenomenon. Fresh farm soil or high mountains of Himalayas contain no lead at all. Lead contamination occurs due to three main sources 

1) Lead is added to gasoline as an antiknock additive. Lead in gasoline prevents uncontrolled inflammation and bursting of gasoline in engines of motor vehicles.

2) Lead is widely added as a solvent in paints and varnishes.

3) The pipelines that supply water to our homes - both from public utilities to our homes as well as within our homes are the main source of lead contamination in our water.
 

Lead contaminated drinking water is a major problem in houses. It was a practice to use lead pipes very commonly in homes till 1930's. Even today lead pipes are commonly used to transport water from public utilities( the municipal reservoirs/dams/water purification systems ) to homes, offices, hospitals and laboratories. Lead pipes are not used within homes from 1930's onwards but as on today almost all the pipelines that supply water within our homes have lead soldering. Copper pipes have replaced lead pipes in most residential plumbing. However, the use of lead solder with copper pipes is widespread. Experts regard this lead solder as the major cause of lead contamination of household water in U.S. homes today. New brass faucets and fittings can also leach lead, even though they are "lead-free.

Result? The water that is supplied to our homes, hospitals, laboratories etc. contain very very high levels of lead. This problem is happening in almost every home and hospital in America, Europe and almost everywhere in the world. Lucky ones are those in the underdeveloped countries who directly carry their water home from wells. 
Search for "Lead in water" in google and you will find millions of pages with information.

No one - be it government, non governmental agencies, public nor the media want to talk about this. This major issue is being brushed under the carpet. The reason is that it is not easy to replace all the pipelines that supply water to our homes. It is not easy to dig up pipelines running cumulatively to millions of kilometers and replace them. And replace them with what? As on today there is no cost effective alternative to lead soldering in the pipelines.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead/lead1.html has some interesting information in this regard.

As on today there is high levels of lead contamination in water supplied to every home, hospital & laboratory in America, Europe and anywhere in the world. 

What about the lead in our Syncom Shilajit? What about about the testing done by some labs?
Some laboratories have tested our Shilajit way back in 2004 and found high levels of lead in it. Unfortunately they have managed to create an impression that we are externally pumping lead in to our Shilajit. Why would we or anyone ever do it? Ours is an ISO 9002 manufacturing setup. We have local Food And Drug Administration license and our company is traded in the stock market.

Did these labs that tested our Shilajit make any mistake? 
No absolutely not. They did test our Shilajit and did find lead metal in higher levels. We see no fault with their findings. But just as most of us are not aware that there are high levels of lead in the water supplied through pipelines, these laboratories too were either not aware or did not give importance to the lead in the water.

When these labs take up our Shilajit for testing (or anything for that matter) there are a series of procedure to be followed. They add water to the shilajit, centrifuge it (mixing in very high speed to get a homogeneous solution) and subject it to spectrometric testing. Each element (metal) in the periodic table has a distinct molecular structure and characteristic. Each metal scatter light in a particular wavelength and frequency. Based on this it is possible to calculate the metallic content in any solution.

Now please note that for testing the labs use water in every stage and the water contains lead. In fact the laboratories use hot/warm water and this is even more of an aggravating factor. Water at higher temperature can leech more lead from the solder joints of pipelines. Moreover the labs use distilled water in many cases. This can be even more aggravating. Distilled water is made by boiling the water, vaporizing it and condensing it. This process too need pipelines in every stage and at such a high temperature it will leech even more lead from the joints. 

We have seen that during spectrometric testing Shilajit is mixed with water and this water contains very high levels of lead. A small amount of shilajit is mixed with large amount of water. During testing it will show high levels of lead. This lead was then shown as the lead in our Shilajit. 
It is not the lead in our Shilajit but the lead in the water that is being shown in the results.
Why our Shilajit? If these laboratories test anything for that matter it will show high lead contamination. 

For absolutely no fault of ours we had to suffer loss of reputation for sometime back in 2004. We contacted these labs several times and informed them of the fundamental error they were making. They promised to look into it and re test if needed. We never heard from these particular labs again. But one thing we never saw any reports them from again about our shilajit or any other supplement/herbal medicine regarding high levels of lead. 

Many are taking our shilajit right from 1978 onwards ( that was the time we set up our factory) to this date. Many are octogenarians who are full of energy and vigor. I have been personally taking it for past 12 years. 

We would request all our esteemed customers to study this matter before arriving at any conclusion. Please contact us any point of time for any information on this.

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