How Safe Is the Water?. Lori Valigra.
by Valigra, Lori; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 24Environment. Publisher: Christian Science Monitor, 2004ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Cryptosporidium | Drinking water -- Contamination -- Lead content | Drinking water | Drinking water -- Standards | Municipal water supply | United States Environmental Protection Agency | Water-supply | Water-supply -- ForecastingDDC classification: 050 Summary: This article examines the safety of drinking water in the United States, noting that emerging pollutants including "industrial chemicals, human and veterinary drugs, feces, natural and synthetic hormones, microorganisms, detergents and even fire retardants" (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) are showing up more routinely in "America's rivers, aquifers, and other freshwater sources that supply an estimated five out of six Americans."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: How Safe Is the Water?, Dec. 30, 2004; pp. n.p..
This article examines the safety of drinking water in the United States, noting that emerging pollutants including "industrial chemicals, human and veterinary drugs, feces, natural and synthetic hormones, microorganisms, detergents and even fire retardants" (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) are showing up more routinely in "America's rivers, aquifers, and other freshwater sources that supply an estimated five out of six Americans."
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