California tap water linked to thousands of cancer cases, study suggests
A new study from a team of scientists at the Environmental Working Group, has found that drinking California tap water could increase the number of cancer cases statewide by more than 15,000 over the course of a lifetime. Researchers analyzed data in more than 2,700 California community water systems from 2011 to 2015 and looked at how drinking water pollutants interact and affect human health. Their article was published last week in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health. The teams estimated 15,449 added cancer cases over the course of 70 years adds up to 221 annual cancer cases from drinking-water pollution: “Drinking water...
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