QuiteWhittle
Member
4 contaminants here, including arsenic. All below state and national averages, except the fricking arsenic.
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Check your tap water- a new database shows you the water quality via zip code
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AtomskEater
Member
Where you live, let me get some of that low cancer water.
davidwhangchoi
Member
what's the zip code for Poland Spring?
CarpeDeezNutz
Member
My area has more cancer than flint?!
Neuromancer
Member
Baltimore checking in.
Prognosis: Cancer
Prognosis: Cancer
No surprises here, the small suburban town in Minnesota that I grew up in tested way below state and national averages for every category.
Now I live in a big city in Texas and it's cancer city. Probably because these geniuses don't have any tax revenue to deal with it, or even more likely, completely deny the science. I hate this state.
Now I live in a big city in Texas and it's cancer city. Probably because these geniuses don't have any tax revenue to deal with it, or even more likely, completely deny the science. I hate this state.
Pilgrimzero
Member
2 cancers in my local water! That's practically healthy.
torre_avenue
Banned
New York here.
Drinking 6 contaminants that all cause cancer.
Yay.
Drinking 6 contaminants that all cause cancer.
Yay.
Yep, ditto. Was quite surprised to see this, as NYC has some of the best tap water in the country.
My house in the Catskills has absolutely pristine water according to this, though, so, yay.
Great Poster
Member
So this statement on pretty much all the summaries of the contaminents:
So, all these cancer agents are being put in intentionally as part of the cleaning (disinfection) process of the water itself. Not surprisingly, the well water people won't see this because their water is coming straight from the earth.
So, all these cancer agents are being put in intentionally as part of the cleaning (disinfection) process of the water itself. Not surprisingly, the well water people won't see this because their water is coming straight from the earth.
Valkyr Junkie
Member
The EWG is sketchy as hell for those that don't know.
No. You need a reverse-osmosis filter. Whole-home systems are tens of thousands of dollars.
DoomGyver
Member
But does the water filter contain cancer? Maybe we're filtering cancer with cancer.
Bromodichloromethane
cancer
Chlorate
harm to the thyroid
Chloroform
cancer
Chromium (hexavalent)
cancer
Dibromochloromethane
cancer
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
cancer
Hormones
Ethinyl estradiol, 4-Androstene-3,17-dione & Testosterone.
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Philly
cancer
Chlorate
harm to the thyroid
Chloroform
cancer
Chromium (hexavalent)
cancer
Dibromochloromethane
cancer
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
cancer
Hormones
Ethinyl estradiol, 4-Androstene-3,17-dione & Testosterone.
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Philly
LostMyNarbles
Member
Detected 6 contaminants above health guidelines and 18 other contaminants. Even worse than I was expecting.
Arsenic (Cancer)
Chromium (Cancer)
Dibromochloromethane (Cancer)
Nitrate (Cancer)
Radiological contaminants (Cancer)
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) (Cancer)
Arsenic (Cancer)
Chromium (Cancer)
Dibromochloromethane (Cancer)
Nitrate (Cancer)
Radiological contaminants (Cancer)
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) (Cancer)
The filter may not be certified for the known agents in your water.
Let me guess, Philly
Damn, Philly only has 5 cancers?
paperboywriter
Member
Would like this for European water. Pretty sure my water is good.
TheHolyTurnip
Member
Everything humanity has ever done is a cause of cancer
Click the lead button though...
Columbia, MD.
We have abnormally high levels of uranium in our soil though, so that's an issue.
I also know like 4 people here who have developed brain cancer.
Rad Shadow
Banned
Good thing I bought a water filtration system for the house.
I'm drinking hypertension and cardiovascular disease :\
But what if you fought cancer with bigger cancer? it cancels out. Like fighting fire with fire.
Doominated
Member
The real takeaway I have from this is why do so many of you drink fucking tap water???
hey_monkey
Banned
Uranium in my water. I demand superpowers.
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
JackBauer24
Member
Drink water they say, it's good for you they say.
Setzer
Member
This was my thought as well.
Al-ibn Kermit
Junior Member
FYI, this should be added to OP:
First, I should disclose that I work in the Water Quality department of a major California water company so I am literally defending myself here but this site seems to be tracking your water quality versus the Public Health Goal (PHG), which is intended to be an ambitious goal that is often below the detection limit in the laboratory (meaning there isn't a laboratory method that measures that low). I just did a quick glance to confirm that the numbers on the website do match what you'd find in the publicly available Consumer Confidence Report but just comparing against the PHG and not the legal limits seems to be confusing for the consumer.....
What you should actually be worried about is if you water quality is above the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) which does not seem to be listed on this site. While the PHG is the level at which they can confirm that there is no health risk at all, the MCL is tje limit at which if you drink that water everyday for 80 years then you have about a 1 in a million chance of developing cancer from it. The MCL is also the limit that is enforceable.
And for the poster that mentioned being safe due to having a well, unfortunately that's going to have worse water quality due to not being treated, tested, etc. We get almost all our water from wells and it's usually pretty nasty in its raw form.
First, I should disclose that I work in the Water Quality department of a major California water company so I am literally defending myself here but this site seems to be tracking your water quality versus the Public Health Goal (PHG), which is intended to be an ambitious goal that is often below the detection limit in the laboratory (meaning there isn't a laboratory method that measures that low). I just did a quick glance to confirm that the numbers on the website do match what you'd find in the publicly available Consumer Confidence Report but just comparing against the PHG and not the legal limits seems to be confusing for the consumer.....
What you should actually be worried about is if you water quality is above the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) which does not seem to be listed on this site. While the PHG is the level at which they can confirm that there is no health risk at all, the MCL is tje limit at which if you drink that water everyday for 80 years then you have about a 1 in a million chance of developing cancer from it. The MCL is also the limit that is enforceable.
And for the poster that mentioned being safe due to having a well, unfortunately that's going to have worse water quality due to not being treated, tested, etc. We get almost all our water from wells and it's usually pretty nasty in its raw form.
FeenixRising
Banned
Norfolk, VA has 9 cancers. Wooooooo!!!
RevolverVaro
Member
I'm fucked. My father lost all three of his sisters to some type of cancer.
I don't have a healthy diet. There must be all kinds of poisons and toxic crap in my system.
I don't have a healthy diet. There must be all kinds of poisons and toxic crap in my system.