Exclusive: Documents seen by the Guardian reveal questionable practices that mean people’s drinking water is at risk in ‘every major city east of the Mississippi’Water authorities across the US are systematically distorting water tests to downplay the amount of lead in samples,risking a uncertain spread of the toxic water crisis that has gripped Flint, documents seen by the Guardian explain. The controversial approach to water testing is so widespread that it occurs in every major US city east of the Mississippi according to an anonymous source with extensive knowledge of the lead and copper regulations. “By word of mouth, or this has become the thing to do in the water industry. The logical conclusion is that millions of people’s drinking water is potentially unsafe, he said.
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Source: theguardian.com