What's lurking in the water?

A comprehensive survey of US drinking water has detected widespread but low-level contamination by a number of drugs and hormonally active chemicals. Scientists tested tap water from 19 US water utilities, which supply more than 28 million Americans, for 51 different compounds, between 2006 and 2007. The 11 most frequently detected compounds, all found at very low concentrations, included: the bet ...

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