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superpatriotman

(6,754 posts)
Wed Nov 3, 2021, 04:25 PM Nov 2021

EWG's updated drinking water database; enter your zip code to check your local water

https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/water-filter-step-by-step-guide.php

Find out what's in your local drinking water and find the right filter for your water and your budget.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/03/us-tap-water-contaminants-discovery-radioactive-material-pesticides

Water utilities and regulators in the US have identified 56 new contaminants in drinking water over the past two years, a list that includes dangerous substances linked to a range of health problems such as cancer, reproductive disruption, liver disease and much more.

The revelation is part of an analysis of the nation’s water utilities’ contamination records by the Environmental Working Group, a clean water advocate that has now updated its database for the first time since 2019.

It found that the jump is partly driven by newly identified PFAS, a toxic class of “forever chemicals” that are widely used across dozens of industries and are thought to be contaminating drinking water for more than 100 million people. Pesticides, water disinfectant byproducts and radioactive materials are among other substances identified by regulators.


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EWG's updated drinking water database; enter your zip code to check your local water (Original Post) superpatriotman Nov 2021 OP
This site is a sales pitch for water filters. panader0 Nov 2021 #1
They have a fun history Sympthsical Nov 2021 #4
I have the "zerowater" pitcher-type filter. It is quite good. Earth-shine Nov 2021 #2
Well, now I'm gonna be getting spam and didn't find find out a thing about my water LeftInTX Nov 2021 #3
They ask for your email address. Sucha NastyWoman Nov 2021 #5
They didn't ask for mine superpatriotman Nov 2021 #6

panader0

(25,816 posts)
1. This site is a sales pitch for water filters.
Wed Nov 3, 2021, 05:32 PM
Nov 2021

They misidentified my water source (I have a well and so does everyone in my zip code.)
Then proceeded to pitch their products. A much better source is the US Geological Survey site.
They're not trying to sell me anything.

Sympthsical

(10,734 posts)
4. They have a fun history
Wed Nov 3, 2021, 05:42 PM
Nov 2021

They were some OG anti-vaxxers. Also the GMO people.

Suffice to say, alarmism is kind of their thing. Even scientists are all, "WTF, mate?" When the Journal of Toxicology says your studies lack scientific credibility, uh . . .

 

Earth-shine

(4,044 posts)
2. I have the "zerowater" pitcher-type filter. It is quite good.
Wed Nov 3, 2021, 05:35 PM
Nov 2021

Makes the Florida water taste good, or rather, not at all.

LeftInTX

(34,006 posts)
3. Well, now I'm gonna be getting spam and didn't find find out a thing about my water
Wed Nov 3, 2021, 05:38 PM
Nov 2021

All they want to do is sell filters.

And this is all it is..

https://static.ewg.org/ewg-tip-sheets/EWG-SafeDrinkingWaterGuide.pdf

superpatriotman

(6,754 posts)
6. They didn't ask for mine
Wed Nov 3, 2021, 06:48 PM
Nov 2021

I put in my zip code and got a brief report on toxic chemicals in our municipality drinking water

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