Cancer-Causing Chemical Found in Drinking Water of 218 Million Americans

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Sep 21, 2016, 11:52 am146 pts
By Bill Walker Drinking water supplies for two-thirds of Americans are contaminated with the carcinogenic chemical made notorious by the film, Erin Brockovich , which was based on the real-life poisoning of tap water in a California desert town. But there are no national regulations for the compound—and the…

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