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Drinking Water Contamination
Title: Drinking Water Contamination
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 4420 | Pages: 18.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Drinking Water Contamination
Due to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), America's drinking water is safer than it has been in decades, and of better quality than that of many other countries. Accordingly, many Americans believe that while people elsewhere may have reason to be concerned about getting sick from contaminated tap water, we are safe. Yet, incidents in the United States — such as the outbreak of the microorganism cryptosporidium in Milwaukee's water supply in 1993 that killed more …showed first 75 words of 4420 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 4420 total…due to inhalation during and after water use.[59] The EPA has also found that the ingestion of radon and its decay products poses significant cancer risks.[60] The EPA has acknowledged that the cancer risks from radon in both air and water are high and that while the airborne risk typically exceeds that arising from water, the cancer risk in water is higher than the cancer risk estimated to result from any other drinking water contaminant.[61]
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