Sentences with phrase «safe drinking water fell»
When these improved waters were tested and compared with survey data about where people got most of their water, the estimates for the populations that have access to safe drinking water fell by 16 percent in Nicaragua, 15 percent in Nigeria, 11 percent in Ethiopia and 7 percent in Tajikistan.
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Hickey, who is credited with bringing the issue to light amid resistance from village officials, said he was shocked to hear that state health department officials were aware that the EPA had a preliminary warning of about 400 parts per trillion, but still assured Hoosick Falls residents that the water was safe even though multiple drinking water sources tested higher.
Jimino says along with public water supplies, private wells are being tested in the two communities as federal and state initiatives continue in Hoosick Falls to ensure people have safe drinking water.
Fed up with the seeming inaction of their local and state government, or in this case the adults, the students of Hoosick Falls High School held an emergency meeting to demand that Governor Cuomo help them find a reliable safe source of drinking water, that did not come in a plastic bottle.
Why did state health officials consistently say it was safe to drink the water in Hoosick Falls because it contained fewer than 50,000 parts per trillion of PFOA when federal regulators cautioned 400 parts per trillion was the recommended safety level?