Between 2014 and 2019, 109 million Americans received water with arsenic exceeding the public health goals. In 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency set a legal limit for arsenic in drinking water of 10 parts per billion, or ppb. But the EPA’s analysis showed that this limit was not low enough to protect public health, potentially causing up to 600 cancer cases in 1 million people who drink arsenic-contaminated water for a lifetime. A more recent EPA analysis, from a 2010 draft report, suggests that arsenic is much more toxic than previously estimated.
With Arsenic Trioxide Powder, Tap Water, and Body
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Arsenic is a naturally occurring mineral that causes bladder, lung and skin cancer as well as harm to the skin and lungs. Arsenic is found in drinking water in all 50 states, and can also contaminate food, particularly rice and rice-based products. In 2001, the Environmental Protection Agen- cy set a legal limit for arsenic in drinking water of 10 parts per billion, or ppb. But the EPA’s analysis showed that this limit was not low enough to protect public health, po- tentially causing up to 600 cancer cases in 1 million people who drink arsenic-contam- inated water for a lifetime. A more recent EPA analysis, from a 2010 draft report, sug- gests that arsenic is much more toxic than previously estimated. Between 2014 and 2019, 109 million Ameri- cans received water with arsenic exceeding public health goal. These estimates don’t include people who get their drinking water from private wells that might have unsafe levels of arsenic.
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