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U.S. drinking water widely contaminated; EPA finds 202 unregulated chemicals in 45 states

Posted by: Maven on December 15, 2009 at 8:12 am

glass of water by tsja!From Scientific American:

“A three-year study of the nation’s drinking water quality has found more than 200 unregulated chemicals in the tap water of 45 states.

The Environmental Working Group analysis of 20 million tap water quality tests found a total of 316 contaminants — including industrial solvents, weed killers, refrigerants and the rocket fuel component perchlorate — in water supplied to the public between 2004 and 2009.

U.S. EPA regulates 114 of those pollutants, setting maximum legal levels that water utilities achieved 92 percent of the time, according to the study. … “

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December 15, 2009 · Filed Under Drinking Water & Bottled Water

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