The New York Times has A series about the worsening pollution in American waters and regulators’ response. I found a lot of great information reading this series.
What is in your water?
Working with the Environmental working group the New York Times has published an interactive site to allow you to better understand what is in the water we drink. Find your utility here New York Times Water Data Web Site. In an Article titled “That Tap Water Is Legal but May Be Unhealthy” published in the New York Times, December 16, 2009, Charles Duhigg points out
“Only 91 contaminants are regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, yet more than 60,000 chemicals are used within the United States, according to Environmental Protection Agency estimates. Government and independent scientists have scrutinized thousands of those chemicals in recent decades, and identified hundreds associated with a risk of cancer and other diseases at small concentrations in drinking water, according to an analysis of government records by The New York Times”.
According to Duhigg the reports published by the National Academy of Sciences and many other health reports suggest that millions of Americans become sick each year from drinking contaminated water, with maladies from upset stomachs to cancer and birth defects.
Read the entire article here: That Tap Water Is Legal but May Be Unhealthy
To find our what is in your water click this link: Environmental Working Group & New York Times interactive web page.
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Sediment being removed from Water Storage Tower
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