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Cancer-causing contaminants may be in your drinking water, according to a new study published in the journal Heliyon.

Scientists at the Environmental Working Group (EWG) analyzed pollutants in tap water from 2010 to 2017. They found 22 carcinogenic contaminants — including arsenic, disinfection byproducts, and radioactive contaminants, such as uranium and radium — in drinking water nationwide, which researchers estimate could, over the course of an average lifetime (about 70 years), lead to 100,000 cases of cancer.

In the study, EWG scientists calculated the cumulative health effects of these carcinogens in more than 48,000 community water systems in the U.S. (not including the 13.5 million Americans who rely on private wells for drinking water).

“The results of this analysis show that, over a lifetime of exposure to these contaminants in drinking water, we would expect that 100,000 cancer cases in the United States would be due to these drinking water contaminants,” Sydney Evans, lead author of the study and a science analyst at EWG, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “Contaminants present in drinking water all across the United States — at concentrations that are perfectly legal and get a passing grade from federal government — can still increase the risk of cancer.”

Source: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/new-study-finds-cancercausing-chemicals-in-tap-water-120057413.html

 

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FlopSlurper

say what now? y'all be drinking uranium over there? imma take a guess and say it's more concentrated in Florida because baby all the mess and clownery happening there has to be because of something

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I’m here for a fun time, not a long time!

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HeavyyMetalVenuss

i need a filter for my SINK WATER now, huh? :bradley: honestly what isn’t causing cancer anymore? i might as well start smoking with my chernobyl water

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Elite government purposefully trying to induce cancer to reduce the population and benefit from the money generated from the cancer industry (Big Pharm)

Shall I out my clown mask and tin foil hat on? 😂😂😂

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Dukttape
33 minutes ago, HeavyyMetalVenuss said:

i need a filter for my SINK WATER now, huh? :bradley: honestly what isn’t causing cancer anymore? i might as well start smoking with my chernobyl water

You weren't filtering it already?

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HeavyyMetalVenuss
24 minutes ago, Dukttape said:

You weren't filtering it already?

i knew that sink water at least had fluoride, but URANIUM? big pharma really wants us dead, but that b*tch won’t be catching me off guard once i get ms. brita to help me out. bottoms up :vegas:

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Dukttape
4 minutes ago, HeavyyMetalVenuss said:

i knew that sink water at least had fluoride, but URANIUM? big pharma really wants us dead, but that b*tch won’t be catching me off guard once i get ms. brita to help me out. bottoms up :vegas:

Yaaaasss

Meanwhile I'm overjoyed that being a water snob has been paying off all along

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