Tag: Tap Water

Chromium-6 Found in Tap Water of 31 U.S. Cities

by | 12.30.2010 at 11:25am | 2 Comments
Photo credit: Roger McLassus

The carcinogenic chemical chromium-6 (or hexavalent chromium) has been found in the drinking water of 31 of 35 U.S. cities analyzed by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) which released results of its tests on December 20.

Water you drinking?

by | 12.19.2009 at 4:25am | 1 Comment

With Jenni’s recent post on “Water Human Rights: Pollution,” I started to question the safety and current state of the public water system here in the United States. Charles Duhigg’s New York Times article confirmed my suspicions of the potentially dangerous quality of water in the US municipal water system. The Clean Water Act of 1972 and [...]