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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA
DATE 1938 Nov 12
DOC NMA094
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - Studies of US Drinking Water to
Focus on Chemical and Mineral Contaminants
Studies of U.S. Drinking Water to Focus on Chemical Land Mineral Contaminants
By JANE E. BRODY New York Times Currentfile Nov 12 1974 ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times 1851 - 2002
Pg 29
Studiesof U.S. DrinkingWater to Focus onChemicalandMineral Contaminants
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nation's wa apparently vanized iron 40,000community BRODY after during ades
toto
- formed .
-pipe
covered
may enter
causing mineral JANEE. more them By exposure For
than half a century began any epidemics they chlorination in a reaction with a protective layer of zinc water
the pipe
* ter supplies andeven less is
known aboutwhat these
easily could making water safe for drinking may cause
go un chlorine with organic chemicals contains a contaminant cad- Also substitutes for asbestos
already contaminating health Studies risk hunjan con- hunjan has consistedprimarily of deTthecetepdresepresnencece these con-thatare already
mium which be leached polyvinyl chloride and
into the
Cadmium other plastic
variety of the these water mchluoricde see trolling a h of
reflects -studied other producing bacteria
taminants of disease reflects that can
thethe increas- In
to
responseto
inorganic
well as
to how
various
~
the scientists it sponsors are
seeking answers to such
complexity
administrator chemicals including cause epidemics they contam
agricul- E. environmental administrator the cancer causingplasticizers Russell inatepublicsupplies
minerals into water Problems With LedaardginekniccnygaCuisnceinnati National directoirnorganic maLyeachhieontnweregvtefhrrehowowmaevterer pipes once Robeck coapltliemdisttihce parcti- chemicals hazardous flows facts to the drinking water of
contam
of the environmental environmental
said that he was ordering
enter
tured that can seep diemtmeerdmiiantee ntahteioncwoindceensttruadtyion
throughthem
often and
undetected
into public
supplies The
and
potential
effects
of
certain
of
the
E.P.A.'s
Envir-
private
organic
in onmental Research Center probably
We
very pipes through which most
water
|
said are
,
supplies flow may be a
'
" how inorgaic
source of contamination with
chlor tions although some
mentalists have
that million year now devotetdo
is this effort a piddling amount
water is Dr. optiims iopstitmiistcic serious a
than leach cal ways will be foutoncodn chemicals trol those substanthcaet sprob
actthe insidiousdusvtPsiotrrutoidenianmGeotlesvinertoantalmfhlenetlsciienstistt organic hardly Cement potentiherabicdesflerwtlipoittlheyintziaealrnsdylleemacshhainvgedoifbesrfnionmfectiontihnrhoiubgiht agents Two mileAsssubbestsittoustceontaining nitrates been Manysuchfroimsnuegxgepsetneds'isvweerhe be h-azardous tocohnetarlotllhing largest from such re- and of Americans In fact the very
substances
But the problem of chemical
fields sprayed with -
Among
method used for
Potential
water con-
and
mineral
contamination
of
metal
secticides and herbicideansdproaches he
bacteria chlorination t-aminants under study by drinking wateris hardly a new
treated with nitrate
changing the acidity or the
pears to contaminate drinkiGnovegrnment university and in issue One of decline
that seep into ground water hardness the water
waterto withcontamite chemicals
scientistsscientists include such and fall of Rome holds that the
and run off into waterways
pipes
could
known hazards as asbestos Romans may have been suffer
from industrial wastes dumped
than chlorina
Many of the substances being pesticides nitrates arsenic ing from chronic lead poisoning
Pipes into the waterways that even tion for
found in water suppliesaround mercury andand lead Two new from their lined water A
foriron asbestos tually become the sources of ing water supplies
the country are known
municipal drinking pipes Lead poisoning from wa- cement has come un
activated carbon filters
pected cancer
watersreleased by the En ter was not unusual in this cen-cemnt asbetos suspicion suspicion Over 200,000 variousstudies
move organic contaminants
contaminants
some may cause birth
othersmay as
defects vironmental
poi
vironmental to
Protection
odd
Agency
tury A
Boston
few old cities including still have lead service
of
carry
water
to
American
dangerous levels of
including arsenic
Many
mercu
already available
sons
the heart liver chemicals including . chloro pipes in water systems consumers . and preliminary
and beenpromoted the
-
supbsrtoandcuesocergandpissrceornbably suspected found years any kidneys or
thesekidneys substances
would not
dec Several of these creating chemicals are the iblewouldhealth effects until
tetrachloride drinking form carbon tetrachloride All other known or
this probalycausing .
chemicals , Severalof
and serve millions of Americans leadstudies bythe largest manufac- in
water environmental - agency for " ,
the can- The replacements for turer of pipe the Johns |; told . though relatively
to no avail Currently
pipes have also been seen Manville Companyindicate littleis known abouthow much the agency can littleen
are
possible hazards that small amountsofthe can whicwhhich
in force its recommendationsen
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