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DragofixPFAS Levels in Tap Water for 73 Million People in U.S. Exceed EPA Thresholds: NRDC Report <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/pfas-tap-water-nrdc-epa.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ecowatch.com/pfas-tap-water-nrdc-epa.html</a><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/DrinkingWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DrinkingWater</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/tapwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tapwater</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PFAS</a>

Dragofix‘Even if we stop drinking we will be exposed’: A French region has banned tap water. Is it a warning for the rest of Europe? <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/01/pfas-forever-chemicals-water-contamination-saint-louis-france-aoe" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/01/pfas-forever-chemicals-water-contamination-saint-louis-france-aoe</a><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Europe</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#france</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/DrinkingWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DrinkingWater</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/TapWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TapWater</a>

Eric RonsseCarte des fontaines d'eau potable à Bruxelles (Et des toilettes publiques)<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fontaines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fontaines</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bruxelles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bruxelles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tapwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tapwater</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canicule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canicule</a> LA cartographie est effectuée par les soins de <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infirmiersderue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#infirmiersderue</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Straatverplegers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Straatverplegers</a> <a href="https://www.infirmiersderue.be/sites/default/files/uploads/Documents/Outils/Plan_IDR_fontaine2121_B2_web.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.infirmiersderue.be/sites/default/files/uploads/Documents/Outils/Plan_IDR_fontaine2121_B2_web.pdf</a>

Stefan Müller :verified:1/ Hier gibt es gleich <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Tapwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tapwater</a>, ohne dass man fragen muss. <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Kn%C3%B6delwirtschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Knödelwirtschaft</a>

Peter "Poly" PatersonThis Billy Connolly sketch always has me in histerical stitches with tears pouring down my face. "Do not drink the tap water in Ibeza!" <a href="https://youtu.be/LSao_EBAR6Y" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/LSao_EBAR6Y</a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/bullyconnolly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BullyConnolly</a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/ibeza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ibeza</a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/tapwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TapWater</a> Warning: there are a few f-bombs, so be careful of your company. It's difficult not to use them for this particular story.

Stefan Müller :verified:2/ Ich löse mal auf. Das große Glas, das ganz voll war, war das Wasser aus weiß-nicht-wo und das kleine Glas, das nur drei Viertel voll war, war Leitungswasser.Und das in unserem Restaurant, wo wir oft hingehen. Naja, ich habe es der Wirtin bezahlt und ihr war es etwas peinlich, weil es ja nichts gekostet hat.<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/tapWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tapWater</a>

DragofixNRDC Map Shows Populations With Lead Contamination in Tap Water <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/nrdc-map-lead-tap-water.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ecowatch.com/nrdc-map-lead-tap-water.html</a><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/DrinkingWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DrinkingWater</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/TapWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TapWater</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/lead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lead</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pollution</a>

N-gated Hacker News🎭 Oh, look! A British sitcom made its way to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Balkans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Balkans</a>. Apparently, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/swindlers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#swindlers</a> from London are now cultural icons in Belgrade. Who knew selling tap water could transcend borders? 🤷‍♂️💸 <a href="https://blog.samizdata.co/p/how-a-british-sitcom-swept-through-the-balkans" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.samizdata.co/p/how-a-british-sitcom-swept-through-the-balkans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BritishSitcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishSitcom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CulturalIcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CulturalIcons</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TapWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TapWater</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CrossBorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CrossBorder</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ngated</a>

Steve Dustcircle 🌹<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a>. to go after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fluoride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fluoride</a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tapwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tapwater</a> as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dentists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dentists</a> warn of disastrous <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/healthimpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#healthimpacts</a><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/08/rfk-jr-removes-fluoride-tap-water/82991209007/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/08/rfk-jr-removes-fluoride-tap-water/82991209007/</a>

Dining & CookingWhy sunflower oil has replaced olive oil as Spain’s main cooking oil <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/1988576/why-sunflower-oil-has-replaced-olive-oil-as-spains-main-cooking-oil/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.diningandcooking.com/1988576/why-sunflower-oil-has-replaced-olive-oil-as-spains-main-cooking-oil/</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Activists</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Alicante" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alicante</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/CostaBlanca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CostaBlanca</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drought</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/MarinaAlta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarinaAlta</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Mediterranean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mediterranean</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/MediterraneanOliveOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MediterraneanOliveOil</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Olive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Olive</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/OliveOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OliveOil</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spain</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/SunflowerOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SunflowerOil</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/SwimmingPools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SwimmingPools</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/TapWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TapWater</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tourism</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/WaterConsumption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterConsumption</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterScarcity</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#weather</a>

DragofixEWG Tap Water Database update shows hundreds of contaminants widespread in U.S. tap water <a href="https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2025/02/ewg-tap-water-database-update-shows-hundreds-contaminants" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2025/02/ewg-tap-water-database-update-shows-hundreds-contaminants</a><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/tapwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tapwater</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://c.im/@cdarwin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@cdarwin</a> And espechally the latter one is a big point.<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPS</a> is expensive because it has to cover not just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/COTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#COTUS</a> / ("lower 48" + D.C.) but <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PuertoRico</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AmericanVirginIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanVirginIslands</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Guam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Guam</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hawaii</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alaska</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MinorOutlyingIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MinorOutlyingIslands</a> and also do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/International" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#International</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shipping</a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> bases and troops (or at least peer into their supply chains).<ul><li>Basically they do everything that isn't subject to "Defense Courier Service" or other classified mail...</li></ul>Not to mention as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NationalCarrier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalCarrier</a> per <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IPU</a> they also get to do a lot of mandatory stuff that is expensive and not abolishable, from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/customs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#customs</a> handling to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PosteRestante" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosteRestante</a> to god forbid <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegrams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Telegrams</a> (not the shitty messenger tho!)... <ul><li>The only reason a C5-sized envelope costs me € 1,60 nationwide in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Germany</a> is because Germany is smaller than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> and way denser urbanized on average.</li></ul>Not to mention USPS has to maintain a shitload of locations to get their mandatory availability to the average household:<ul><li>Pretty shure that USPS kiosk in Salmon Forks even if it's just an unmanned dropbox isn't even recovering it's electricity bill!</li></ul><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PostalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PostalService</a> is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#infrastructure</a>, and what happens when infrastructure is being forced to be run as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ForProfitBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ForProfitBusiness</a> with ever absurder <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#profit</a> demands can be seen in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> with their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TapWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TapWater</a> systems...

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.social/@wecanfixclimatechange" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@wecanfixclimatechange</a> Maybe if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TapWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TapWater</a> was <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SafeToDrink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SafeToDrink</a> and accessible everywhere free of charge, people may not buy bottles?

Joseph Lim :mastodon:No <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legalconsequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legalconsequences</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misrepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#misrepresentation</a>?🤔⚖️🇸🇬"an online <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/advertisement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#advertisement</a> by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sterra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sterra</a> in Feb 2024 had falsely claimed tt Singapore’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tapwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tapwater</a> is unsafe for direct consumption w/o being filtered using Sterra <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/purifiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#purifiers</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CCCS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CCCS</a> added tt investigations also revealed tt Sterra had made other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misleading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#misleading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/representations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#representations</a> on its website.. In one instance, Sterra had claimed tt 3 models of its air purifiers were made in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Singapore</a> when they were, in fact, made in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a>" <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/air-water-purifier-company-sterra-apologises-false-misleading-claims-pub-tap-water-quality-cccs-4576806" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/air-water-purifier-company-sterra-apologises-false-misleading-claims-pub-tap-water-quality-cccs-4576806</a>

Richard "RichiH" HartmannHome after another three weeks of living in an <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/RV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RV</a> and the most magical thing is -- yet again -- <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/tapwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tapwater</a>.Open the tap, it comes out, is fresh, and can be consumed at will. A slight motion, it comes out warm. Endlessly. And it just goes away again and you don't have to plan your day around getting rid of it. Grey <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#water</a>, black water, it just disappears.It's so fundamental, yet most people in first world countries just take it for granted.

Constantin HuberKönnen wir uns darauf einigen, dass wir als deutsche Gesellschaft irgendwo versagt haben, weil es bei uns nicht gang und gäbe ist, dass es in jedem Café/Restaurant Leitungswasser als Selbstverständlichkeit umsonst gibt? <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tapwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tapwater</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chemical</a> Makers <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sue</a> Over Rule to Rid <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Water</a> of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Industry groups said that the government was exceeding its authority under the Safe <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DrinkingWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DrinkingWater</a> Act by requiring that municipal water systems all but remove six synthetic chemicals, known by the acronym <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PFAS</a>, that are present in the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/tapwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tapwater</a> of hundreds of millions of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Americans</a>, which are linked to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cancer</a> and health risks. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/10/climate/pfas-forever-chemicals-lawsuit.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/10/climate/pfas-forever-chemicals-lawsuit.html</a> <a href="https://archive.ph/1w83U" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/1w83U</a>

DoomsdaysCWIn Millions of Homes, High <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fluoride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fluoride</a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TapWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TapWater</a> May Be a ConcernIn communities across the U.S., water contains levels of fluoride some experts say could be harm developing brains."The town of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Seagraves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Seagraves</a> sits on the high plains of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WestTexas</a>, not far from the New Mexico border. Nearby, water pumped from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OgallalaAquifer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OgallalaAquifer</a> irrigates fields of peanuts and cotton."Dissolved in that West Texas water are copious amounts of fluoride. The tap water in Seagraves contains levels of the mineral that many experts believe could have <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/neurotoxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neurotoxic</a> effects, lowering children’s IQs. The science on that effect is unsettled, and most experts say better research is needed. But nearly everyone agrees that at some point, high fluoride levels ought to be a matter of greater concern — even if they don’t always agree on what that point is."Many cities add low levels of fluoride to drinking water in a bid to prevent tooth decay, but the policy has long been controversial. Lost in that debate are the roughly 3 million Americans whose water naturally contains higher concentrations of fluoride — often at levels that even some fluoridation advocates now acknowledge could have neurodevelopmental effects."People in Seagraves and similarly affected communities are unlikely to be notified of those potential risks. Federal and state regulations require water utilities to tell customers receiving high-fluoride water that it could leave brown patches on children’s teeth, or even, at high levels, cause a rare skeletal condition."But, at least so far, the emerging science on neurological effects is not reflected in regulations. Consumer notices rarely, if ever, mention the possibility that fluoride could affect brain development. Nor do they contain advisories for pregnant women, even as many scientists, including some federal government researchers, now say there’s substantial evidence that such elevated fluoride levels can be harmful to developing fetuses."<a href="https://undark.org/2024/05/06/tap-water-high-dose-of-fluoride/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://undark.org/2024/05/06/tap-water-high-dose-of-fluoride/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterPollution</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrainDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BrainDevelopment</a>

Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄<a href="https://oldbytes.space/@blakespot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@blakespot</a> I filter mine because it's hard and not too tasty. It's not *bad* for you, according to last city water report. <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/tapwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tapwater</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/hydrohomies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hydrohomies</a>

Blake PattersonI drink tap water. Some people talk to me like that's insane.Am I alone here?<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/tapwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tapwater</a>

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