Chemicals abound in our tap water
. Canton Repository
Thurs., Dec. 22, 2005
WASHINGTON - Drinking water may have a lot more in it than just H20 and fluoride, according to an environmental group’s analysis of records in 42 states.
A survey by the Environmental Working Group found 141 unregulated chemicals and an additional 119 for which the Environmental Protection Agency has set health-based limits. Most common were disinfection byproducts, nitrates, chloroform, barium, arsenic and copper.
The information came from nearly 40,000 water utilities, serving 231 million people in reports from 1998 to 2003.
WASHINGTON - Drinking water may have a lot more in it than just H20 and fluoride, according to an environmental group’s analysis of records in 42 states.
A survey by the Environmental Working Group found 141 unregulated chemicals and an additional 119 for which the Environmental Protection Agency has set health-based limits. Most common were disinfection byproducts, nitrates, chloroform, barium, arsenic and copper.
The information came from nearly 40,000 water utilities, serving 231 million people in reports from 1998 to 2003.
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