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FILE NAME: New York State & NY Times (NY) DATE: 1974 Nov 12 DOC#: NY071 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: NYT Article - Studies of US Drinking Water to Focus on Chemical and Mineral Contaminants of to onChemical ndMiraOontamiiiiKtS; Studies of U.S. Drinking Water to Focus on Chemical Land Mineral Contaminants NByewJAYNorEk ET.imBeRsO(D18Y57-Currentfile); Nov 12, 1974; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2002) pg. 29 Studies U.S. Drinking Water Focus K ForBmyoJrAeNthEanEH. BalRfOaDcYentury, adeso!,afatenry e"xeppoisduermeictso" ththeemy may cause could,easily go un acphploarriennattlioyn . chlorine with inforam ereda.ctidounrinogf organic chemicals vwainthizeadprpoipteect--ive ilraoynercoofvezriendc --contains a contaminant; cad ctheer-cw&autesirnhgomrnintheeraplipmea.y enter Also, substitutes for asbestos ntertisuttpVp4li0e,s0,00ancdomevmeunnilteyssw',riin known about' what, risk these mhaaskcinognswisatetedr psraifjenaforirlydorifnkcionng ptrrooldliuncginga vbaarcietetfrcia?'ofthdaitseacsaen- detHecietedp.res"e;nrc`e o-.f these con>' tianmg icnoamntpsle;rxeiftlyecotsftbiiuer isnoccrieeatys, tthheatumarteera. lready In response-to contaminating these findings, mInituomt,h well as ewhwicahfecr.anCabdemiluemac,heads other inpiganic cheni coethmeerntp,lapsotliycvipniyplesc,hlaorreidebeainndg vstaurdioieuds tochesmeeicahlosw-- imnculcuhd'inogf hleevaelltsh.mSatyudipersesbeynt tsheeekisncgieanntisswtserist tsop Et-oP-Ahp. ifatnadn osuncsohr-squaersa icnaautseepeupbidliecmwicasteirttShuepyplcieosn.tam' Now, however; with such or parerramyeoatfe.idn!daussittriiasl wani$thaagrwiciudle tural heimeals and manufac Rofustthelel said th Een. vTirroainnm, eandtmalinaisgternactoyr, at he was ordering an N alsti.oins anl oHweua rntdaenrdstLu dunygb Iyntshtie ctuatueseaonfdheoathrtedrsiseaassea. possible mtidhaeyceaannntcdeerr-ttcohaxeuiwscinagtpelvraistnhtiyaclit1zcfelhorlswo--rs tmioennst,alailstthsohuagvhe scoamlleed etnhveir$o5n> tniUion * 'year now devoted, to gtraonl,ismattsenfatiiorlny hwaeslltuurnndeedr 'tcoona loounsg. lcihstemoficpaolstenthiadllym;diannegraelrs otufrteend munadteertieacltsedth, aitncfoanpsuebelpic, avnedryppriipveastethwroatuegrhsuwphpilciehs.mTohset idmetmeremdiiantee ntahtieonwcoidnecesntutrdaytioton aOnrdgapnioctecnhtieaml iecfafelsctisnofdrcienrktaining ofDthr.eGEo.Prd-Aon.'sRNobateicokn,adl iErencvtiorr onmental Research Center in thrLoeuagchhinthgemfro.m w pro`b'aebmly, hfoawr evlers, ateserrpioipuess' ias than leach- thiDs,re.fRfoorbteack"piisddolpintigm"iastmicotuiungt.t ooanlcwe aalylsthwilflacbtes faoruenidn/tpoarcfeotni* tthhea t darrine kfiinngdiwngattehreior fwmayilliionntos of Americans. In fact, the very swoautrecre suopfpclioenstaflmowinamtioany dangerous substances. bweitah wa. ter.Problems"`With Lead .But the problem of chemical Ctoincfiinnndati,osuatid,h"oWwe airneotrrgyainnigc cahsemthiecyalsairnec'rpeuamsepiend qthuraonutgithy fro_m otfhehgaeznaerdraolusenvcihroemnmiceanlst --from fields sprayed with in trol tthoosbee spuubbsltiacncheesa ltthhaptrouop*. Among, possible' ap bmaecttheorida pears to --usecdhlofroinr atcioonnt--rollainpg contaminate! drinking tamPointeannttisa'l d.triinndkeirng Government,:d iv e rs wstuadteyr cobny ity and in danridnkminginewraaltecroisnthaamrdinlyatiaonneowf Issue. One theory of the decline wmheetarel, apnladstwichyaniat'slehaadpppeinpiensg, and how to engineer our way tsreecatticeiddews itahndnhiterarbtelofideretsilizaenrds that seep into ground water changpinrogacthhees hardness of the ahceidistyugg6e*stetdh1ef Water toigM bit w ere wcoualtderbWe hiatzhar.dochuesmtoichaelsaltht-hat Many of the substances being dknuostwrina,l-shcaizeanrtdissts ainscluadsbeessutocsh, pesticides-, nitrates, arsenic, Ranodmfaanlsl omfaRyohmaevheobldeesnthsautfftehre ing from chronic lead poisoning out oAfstbheestporsobCleemm.e"nt Pipes afrnodm into riunnduostfrfialinwtoastwesatderuwmapyesd, the waterways that even lmeaecthhoindgs tion for oftrhoemr thpaipnesc,hlpursihinag disinfeotion,.*nd^pass- tfhoeuncdouinntwryatearr-esukpnpolwiens,%arosuunsd pected cancer-causing agents; mstuedrcieusry;,bfa-nmd ulneiacdip.alTwdroinknienwg waters jiist released by the En fpriopmes. Ltheaedir ter was not poliesaodn-ilningefdromwawtear unusual in this cen cemseunbt sptiiptuet;ehfaosrailrsoon-,cosmbesutons der suspicion. Over. 200,000 dturianlklyingbewcoamtere. the In.various studies, sources of potentially iancgtivawteadtecrarisxumlliAelsterst.h\troou;gehmove organic contaminants. . soothmeersmmaayy caacutsaesbinirstlhdiodieisfepcotsi; sons affecting the hearty liver, viroendmtoentthael 1Plirsott6e0c-toiodnd chemicals, including oArggeanncicy . chloro tBuoryst.oAn, festwillohldavetieles,adincsleurdviincge pipes in water systems that mpipileescaorrfy consumers, 'wasabteestrotos-cAonmtaeirnicinang . and : preliminary camlsg--erionuclsuldeivneglsaorsfsnuich, mcheermcui nr. gnd: nitrates-rrhave been niqMiiaens y and hav asruec'hailnreeaxdpyen; raivveaiitleatbhlee beenpromoted-by the kthidesneeys would n sourbosttahnecreosrganpsrvobSainbclye ot produce any Seem-. ofothrmer, kcnaorbwonn otertrsaucshpleocrtiedde cer-causing agents. . caannd serTvheemirlelipolnacseomf Aenmtse, rficoar,nsl.e'ad... pipes have also been seen as stuturdeireso-fb Manville yththise plaiprgee, stthme aJnouhfnacs- Company, indicate r,'oJu.nMd f.otvhdroinukmg gh w, little is known about arteelra.t-ive how mu< yenevarirso, ntmo enntoalavaailg;enCeujtr.-a?enftioyr, the agency can do Uttletti a M e health effects until- dec- Several ofthese chemicals are creating possible hazards. Gal- that small ampunts of 'th can. of.which chemicals'are in the force its recommeridatioa& 1 . Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.