170 Million Homes Water Contaminated with Radium
Channel: Local Black Biz
Date: 2018-01-12

Recently the Environmental Working Group (EWG) reported that more than 170 million people are exposed to the cancer-causing element, RADIUM. This new report expresses that many Americans are at risk of this exposure by drinking tap water that could contain this radioactive element from the 2010 to 2015 test results of public water systems nationwide. 

Tap water containing radiation is serious threat to your health. This really sheds light on the poorly updated system controlled by the EPA – Environmental Protection Agency. 

EWG collected data from public water systems around the country and analyzed five years of tests from 2010 to 2015. Radium was found in all 50 states – and the group found 158 public water systems in 27 states "reported radium in amounts that exceeded the federal legal limit."
The state with the most widespread contamination, according to EWG, is Texas, where "more than 3,500 utilities serving more than 22 million people – about 80 percent of the state's population" reported finding radium.

For the full article go to: https://www.biomineralpluswater.com/blog/more-than-170-million-people-are-exposed-to-radium-in-tap-water-in-50-states

For the EWG link go here: https://www.ewg.org/research/170-million-us-drink-radioactive-tap-water-trump-nominee-faked-data-hide-cancer-risk#.Wlj0cainFEY

For the Live Coverage on CBS NEWS: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/drinking-water-radium-contamination-cancer/