Surprise...Safe Drinking Water Act Does Not Mean Your Water Is Safe!

Interesting interview on drinking water quality and standards. The podcast embedded below from NPR is from an interview between Terry Gross and a reporter from the New York Times, CHARLES DUHIGG, about his article that appeared in today's newspaper.

While it might be easy to dismiss this reporter's story as alarmist, my natural skepticism was tempered after listening.

The take-away point here: our drinking water standards that our municipalities may meet are not strict enough to ensure healthy, non-cancer causing drinking water. The 24:00 mark is where the interview hits the "high water" mark for me. Have a listen...




The original article is here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/us/17water.html