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More than 140 contaminants with no enforceable
safety limits found in the nation's drinking
water
Utilities need more money to monitor for
contaminants and protect source waters
(WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2005) - The first ever
nationwide compilation of tap water testing
results from drinking water utilities shows
widespread contamination of drinking water
with scores of contaminants for which there
are no enforceable health standards. Examples
include the gasoline additive MTBE, the rocket
fuel component perchlorate, and a variety
of industrial solvents. The pollution affects
more than one hundred million people in 42
states.
The findings are derived from the largest
compilation of tap water data ever assembled.
Over a two-year period, analysts at Environmental
Working Group (EWG) gathered tap water testing
data from 42 states to produce the most comprehensive
picture of tap water quality ever created.
States collect water quality testing data
from drinking water utilities to fulfill their
role as primary enforcement agents, but federal
law fails to give EPA authority to do the
same. EWG will be making its data available
to the EPA, state authorities and water utilities.
Individuals can find their own community water
system at www.ewg.org/sites/tapwater/yourwater/.
The EWG analysis also found almost 100 percent
compliance with enforceable health standards
on the part of the nation's water utilities,
showing a clear commitment to comply with
safety standards once they are developed.
The problem, however, is EPA's failure to
establish enforceable health standards and
monitoring requirements for scores of widespread
tap water contaminants.
"Our analysis clearly demonstrates the
need greater for protection of the nation's
tap water supplies, and for increased health
protections from a number of pollutants that
are commonly found but currently unregulated."
said Jane Houlihan, Vice President for Science
at EWG. "Utilities routinely go beyond
what is required to protect consumers from
these contaminants, but they need more money
for testing, and for protection of vital source
waters."
The National Tap Water Testing database is
available at www.ewg.org/sites/tapwater/.
Tap water contaminants that have been found
by water utilities and that lack enforceable
health standards are available at www.ewg.org/sites/tapwater/national/unregcontams.php/.
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EWG is a nonprofit research organization
based in Washington, D.C., that uses the power
of information to protect human health and
the environment. The group's work on water
quality is available at www.ewg.org/issues/siteindex/issues.php?issueid=5006.
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