Is Your Water Safe Toxic Tap Water
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Is Your Water Safe? Toxic Tap Water
Is tap water safe to drink? In the case study, the women were having multiple spontaneous abortions (miscarriages) because they were drinking the city tap water. The heightened risk is linked to exposure to a contaminant found in chlorinated water in a majority of municipal water systems nationwide. The population of Chesapeake, Virginia was 200,000 and was growing rapidly. Everyone, especially the expected mothers were put at risk if they drank the water that was supposed to be healthy and full of fluoride to keep our teeth healthy. Chlorine in water is not a bad thing, but when it's mixed with acids from different plant materials it becomes trihalomethane (THM). However, women who were pregnant in their first trimesters were put at an even higher risk for a miscarriages because studies have shown that for women who choose to drink tap water during the first months of pregnancy, they should boil the water first. Boiling the water decreases the amount of THM's that are found, which means it will be less harmful to expected mothers.
The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the cornerstone of surface water quality protection in the United States...