Disturbing news has been released about arsenic in your drinking water. The EPA is reporting that 12 percent of Michigan Water Systems are estimated to contain arsenic levels above 10 parts per billion. Only 2 other states have a higher percentage. The Clinton administration wanted to cap the arsenic limit at 10 parts per billion. But, President Bush has decided to keep it at 50 parts per billion.
Scientists say that arsenic can be fatal.
It can also cause cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Scientists may be one step closer to curing diabetes and closer to finding a new treatment for Parkinsons disease. Researchers used stem cells from mouse embryos to make insulin-producing cells, the kind of cells type one diabetes patients lack. In another study, researchers created a cloned mouse embryo and then turned it's stem cells into neurons that make a brain chemical that's missing in Parkinson's patients. It's against the law to do the same research with human embryos.