Perchlorates found in Drinking Water in U.S

There are two reports about which the protections of America’s drinking waters of U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) released by GAO (Government Accountability Office) recently. These reports showed that EPA failed to report the drinking water violations and contaminants which will cause a crisis to Americans’ health.

 The drinking water in U.S. is a threat to public health, since it concludes many chlorine, arsenic, lead, and copper.Three years ago, perchlorate is found in drinking water by the end of Bush’s administration. With exposure to these chemistry substances, people will get a lot of health problem, such as stomach discomfort, eye or nose irritation, liver or kidney damage, cancer, anemia, and even death. For children and infants, the risk will be lead to slowly physical and mental development and blue-baby syndrome which might cause death.

The GAO found mistakes in EPA’s examining program for unregulated contaminants; therefore, the GAO provided 17 recommendations to EPA for EPA’s long-term problems. For example, to increase EPA’s consistency, transparency, and clarity in implementing the Safe Drinking Water Act. (For more recommendations, please click on here.)