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0.62% is pretty alarming, tbh. Our water systems are generally much less safe than people believe.
by monadic2 6y ago
0.62% is pretty alarming, tbh. Our water systems are generally much less safe than people believe.
- rayiner 6y agohttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/01/03/raw-water-is-the-latest-health-craze-heres-why-drinking-it-may-be-a-bad-idea/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/0... > All in all, “we have an incredibly safe and reliable water supply” in the United States, said David Jones, professor of history of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
- monadic2 6y agoIncredibly is right! I'm curious how they arrive at that conclusion—what's an acceptable amount of harm to justify infrastructure neglect? The article you linked appears to be about comparing treated water to "raw water", which seems rather tangential to our discussion of considering the quality of treated water. I'm just saying, a lot of people have implicit trust in their water without even knowing what's in it or why 0.62% of americans with perchlorate are somehow clumped in with the americans who are lucky to not have it in their water—surely this would be a success because only 0.62% of water needed extra infrastructure investment and regulation? After all, perchlorate is unlikely to remain at such a low penetration with continued use....