While the national focus is on Flint, Mich., a USA TODAY NETWORK investigation has identified almost 2,000 additional water systems spanning all 50 states where testing has shown excessive levels of
lead contamination over the past four years.
Not exact matches
Increased shale - gas production created a boom in some parts of the country but has also
led to concerns
over potential
contamination of drinking water and possible human health impacts related to hydraulic fracturing.
«Arsenic
contamination is one of the biggest problems in drinking water all
over the world,» said Dr. Babur Mirza, a researcher at USU's Utah Water Research Lab and
lead author on the study.
Education legislation faced another delay last week when concerns
over anthrax
contamination on Capitol Hill, which prompted the House to shut down for several days,
led lawmakers to abruptly cancel a meeting on the bill.
Concerns
over mold
contamination have
led the Monroe Township (N.J.) School District to close all of its schools for the remainder of this week.
But concern
over the
contamination of fish by mercury and other environmental toxins has
led the FDA to warn pregnant women and nursing mothers to restrict their fish intake.