Post by account_disabled on Mar 11, 2024 14:38:13 GMT 5.5
In some parts of the United States, drinking water has a contamination problem, so it is important that the necessary measures be taken to combat it and that it does not spread to other populations. Although the United States' drinking water supply is one of the safest in the world, its water systems constantly face new threats.
For example, last month, researchers from Northeastern University and the nonprofit Environmental Working Group revealed that in 43 states, water in some regions is contaminated with toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS.
For this reason, many farmworkers in California's Central France Mobile Number List Valley have to buy bottles of water, because tap water contains dangerous concentrations of arsenic and various agricultural chemicals that have been linked to a high risk of infant mortality and childhood cancer. grown ups.
According to Joan Rose, director and principal investigator of the water research laboratory at Michigan State University, “as a water quality scientist, I believe that suppliers and regulators cannot afford to be complacent.”
So I was alarmed when Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), boasted about the quality of America's drinking water during a March 20, 2019 interview: “I want to make sure the American public understands that 92 percent of our tap water meets all EPA requirements for safe drinking water,” Wheeler stated.
Data from the article published in The Conversation says that 327 million Americans drink an average of two to eight glasses of water. If 8 percent of that liquid does not meet EPA standards, we are talking about about 209 million glasses of potentially hazardous water a day, a volume equivalent to 2.3 billion gallons of water: enough to fill a quarter of a million bathtubs. Simply put, a high compliance rate doesn't mean things are going well.
It is worth noting that for four decades, the Safe Drinking Water Act has defined American standards for monitoring and managing contaminants, and for ensuring water safety.
The Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for developing these standards, and for working with states and businesses to ensure regulatory compliance for all of their drinking water supplies.
In the United States there are more than 151,000 public water systems serving residential communities, schools, office buildings, hospitals and other facilities. But small communities have a hard time monitoring water quality and funding infrastructure upgrades.
Since 2013, the proportion of U.S. water systems that meet sanitary standards has ranged between 90 and 93 percent. However, there are critical sources that do not reach that percentage. For example, between 2014 and 2019, compliance in schools and daycares averaged just 90 percent, and appears to have declined in recent years.
The article's data also notes that during the first quarter of 2019, the proportion of water systems that met national standards ranged from 84 percent to 95 percent, while the proportion of populations whose water systems met those requirements varied widely. more: between 60 percent and 95 percent.
For example, last month, researchers from Northeastern University and the nonprofit Environmental Working Group revealed that in 43 states, water in some regions is contaminated with toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS.
For this reason, many farmworkers in California's Central France Mobile Number List Valley have to buy bottles of water, because tap water contains dangerous concentrations of arsenic and various agricultural chemicals that have been linked to a high risk of infant mortality and childhood cancer. grown ups.
According to Joan Rose, director and principal investigator of the water research laboratory at Michigan State University, “as a water quality scientist, I believe that suppliers and regulators cannot afford to be complacent.”
So I was alarmed when Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), boasted about the quality of America's drinking water during a March 20, 2019 interview: “I want to make sure the American public understands that 92 percent of our tap water meets all EPA requirements for safe drinking water,” Wheeler stated.
Data from the article published in The Conversation says that 327 million Americans drink an average of two to eight glasses of water. If 8 percent of that liquid does not meet EPA standards, we are talking about about 209 million glasses of potentially hazardous water a day, a volume equivalent to 2.3 billion gallons of water: enough to fill a quarter of a million bathtubs. Simply put, a high compliance rate doesn't mean things are going well.
It is worth noting that for four decades, the Safe Drinking Water Act has defined American standards for monitoring and managing contaminants, and for ensuring water safety.
The Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for developing these standards, and for working with states and businesses to ensure regulatory compliance for all of their drinking water supplies.
In the United States there are more than 151,000 public water systems serving residential communities, schools, office buildings, hospitals and other facilities. But small communities have a hard time monitoring water quality and funding infrastructure upgrades.
Since 2013, the proportion of U.S. water systems that meet sanitary standards has ranged between 90 and 93 percent. However, there are critical sources that do not reach that percentage. For example, between 2014 and 2019, compliance in schools and daycares averaged just 90 percent, and appears to have declined in recent years.
The article's data also notes that during the first quarter of 2019, the proportion of water systems that met national standards ranged from 84 percent to 95 percent, while the proportion of populations whose water systems met those requirements varied widely. more: between 60 percent and 95 percent.