Whats in your city’s water?
Submitted by
Drew Kaplan on August 2, 2010
Since 2004, testing by water utilities has found 315 pollutants in the tap water Americans drink, according to an Environmental Working Group (EWG) drinking water quality analysis of almost 20 million records obtained from state water officials. More than half of the chemicals detected are not subject to health or
safety regulations and can legally be present in any amount. The federal
government does have health guidelines for others, but 49 of these
contaminants have been found in one place or another at levels above
those guidelines, polluting the tap water for 53.6 million Americans.
The government has not set a single new drinking water standard since
2001. Based on these data, EWG believes the federal government has a responsibility to do a national assessment of drinking water quality. It should establish new safety standards, set priorities for pollution prevention projects, and tell consumers about the full range of pollutants in their water. Because it has not, EWG launched a 3-year project to create the largest drinking water quality database in existence. This user-friendly, interactive resource covers 48,000 communities in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Cities with the Best and Worst Water LINK
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