Contaminated tap water: Is it in your faucet?
Millions of Americans in at least 31 U.S. cities could be drinking tap water contaminated with the harmful chemical hexavalent chromium, according to a report released Monday by the non-profit Environmental Working Group. While the dangerous carcinogen, otherwise known as chromium-6, may sound foreign to most people, perhaps the name Erin Brockovich will ring a bell. After chromium-6 was discovered in the water supply of Hinkley, California, Brockovich helped bring about a lawsuit that ultimately ended in 1996 with the utility company, Pacific Gas & Electric, paying more than $330 million in damages. Norman, Oklahoma; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Riverside, California, top the non-profit organization’s list of cities with water supplies contaminated by chromium-6.
Today on American Morning, Kiran Chetry and John Roberts talk to Ken Cook, president and co-founder, Environmental Working Group. He describes how to tell if your water is safe, and what needs to be done on a governmental level. Watch the interview below. And for more, read the rest of the CNN story below and check out the full report at: http://static.ewg.org/reports/2010/chrome6/html/home.html to see how your city is affected.
http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/21/contaminated-tap-water-is-it-in-your-faucet/