Tap water is polluted with dangerous substances in the United States

For years, the Environmental Working Group has been building a case of contamination of United States water services.

Since 2019, the year of the last update, 56 new toxic products have been added, according to information from 

relayed by

Thursday.

This list includes pesticides, water disinfection by-products and radioactive materials.

In total, these substances would be likely to contaminate the drinking water of more than 100 million Americans and generate serious health problems such as cancer, infertility but also liver disease, among others.

56 new contaminants have been identified in tap water over the last two years, including harmful substances that have been linked to health problems like cancer, liver disease and more.

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"We do not have strict enough regulations to protect drinking water"

This extension of the list of toxic substances found in drinking water in the United States is proof that "we do not have strict enough regulations in place to protect drinking water and [that] the regulatory process is too much. too slow, ”said Tasha Stoiber, senior scientist at the Environmental Working Group.

The 56 new substances identified would be related to PFAS, a toxic class of “forever chemicals” that are used by industries.

Faced with this problem, specialists advise Americans to buy filters for drinking water.

But also to document these contaminants and to widely support the establishment of strict regulations on this subject.

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