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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Pharmwaste [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ed Gottlieb<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 26, 2017 9:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Pretreatment_Coordinators@yahoogroups.com; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] Legal Drinking Water Contaminants<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Mass media story on Environmental Working Group study documenting drinking water contamination with unregulated chemicals:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/26/contaminants-water-legal-but-still-pose-big-health-risks/510237001/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/26/contaminants-water-legal-but-still-pose-big-health-risks/510237001/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Data publicly available!
<a href="https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/#.WXiwvmeWyUk">https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/#.WXiwvmeWyUk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Five year study spanned 2010-15:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">48,000 water facilities tested for 500 contaminants;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">40,000 had levels of known or likely carcinogens exceeding health guidelines;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">19,000+ had one or more lead detections over 3.8 ppb;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">267 of the 500 contaminants were present in water supplies, many at concentrations that pose health risks;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">93 linked to increased risk of cancer;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">78 associated with brain & nervous system damage;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">63 connected to developmental harm in children or fetuses;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">45 endocrine disruptors; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">38 could cause fertility issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Speaking of fertility, "Are we in a male fertility death spiral?"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2017/july/sperm-decline-fertility">http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2017/july/sperm-decline-fertility</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Report does not recommend bottled water as an alternative.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">"Legal doesn't necessarily mean safe when it comes to drinking water," Nneka Leiba, Director Healthy Living Science Program for the Environmental Working Group. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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