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The US drinking water supply is mostly safe, but that's not good enough

  • Written by Joan Rose, Laboratory Director/Principal Investigator in Water Research, Michigan State University
Bottled water distribution in Glenwood, Iowa, where massive spring flooding along the Missouri River disrupted drinking water treatment, April 3, 2019.AP Photo/Nati Harnik

Most Americans take clean drinking water for granted as a convenience of modern life. The United States has one of the world’s safest drinking water supplies, but new...

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