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Troubled water : what's wrong with what we drink / Seth M. Siegel.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: xvii, 330 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781250132543
  • 1250132541
Other title:
  • What's wrong with what we drink
Subject(s):
Contents:
Welcome to Hoosick Falls! -- The EPA takes control of drinking water -- An endless road to nowhere -- Pills in the water -- Plastic everywhere -- One city of many : Flint and lead in America's drinking water -- The water industry -- Pushing the EPA to do more -- Why can't we all have water like Orange County -- New ideas needed.
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Seth M. Siegel shows how our drinking water got contaminated, what it may be doing to us, and what we must do to make it safe. If you thought America's drinking water problems started and ended in Flint, Michigan, think again. From big cities and suburbs to the rural heartland, chemicals linked to cancer, heart disease, obesity, birth defects, and lowered IQ routinely spill from our taps. Many are to blame: the EPA, Congress, a bipartisan coalition of powerful governors and mayors, chemical companies, and drinking water utilities -- even NASA and the Pentagon. Meanwhile, the bottled water industry has been fanning our fears about tap water, but bottled water is often no safer. The tragedy is that existing technologies could launch a new age of clean, healthy, and safe tap water for only a few dollars a week per person. Scrupulously researched, Troubled Water is full of shocking stories about contaminated water found throughout the country and about the everyday heroes who have successfully forced changes in the quality and safety of our drinking water. And it concludes with what America must do to reverse decades of neglect and play-it-safe inaction by government at all levels in order to keep our most precious resource safe"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: From big cities and suburbs to the rural heartland, chemicals linked to cancer, heart disease, obesity, birth defects, and lowered IQ routinely spill from our taps. The bottled water industry has been fanning our fears about tap water, but bottled water is often no safer. Siegel presents the facts about contaminated water found throughout the country-- and about the everyday heroes who have successfully forced changes in the quality and safety of our drinking water. He examines what America must do to reverse decades of neglect and play-it-safe inaction by government at all levels in order to keep our most precious resource safe. -- adapted from jacket
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

New York Times bestselling author Seth M. Siegel shows how our drinking water got contaminated, what it may be doing to us, and what we must do to make it safe.

If you thought America's drinking water problems started and ended in Flint, Michigan, think again. From big cities and suburbs to the rural heartland, chemicals linked to cancer, heart disease, obesity, birth defects, and lowered IQ routinely spill from our taps.

Many are to blame: the EPA, Congress, a bipartisan coalition of powerful governors and mayors, chemical companies, and drinking water utilities--even NASA and the Pentagon. Meanwhile, the bottled water industry has been fanning our fears about tap water, but bottled water is often no safer.

The tragedy is that existing technologies could launch a new age of clean, healthy, and safe tap water for only a few dollars a week per person.

Scrupulously researched, Troubled Water is full of shocking stories about contaminated water found throughout the country and about the everyday heroes who have successfully forced changes in the quality and safety of our drinking water. And it concludes with what America must do to reverse decades of neglect and play-it-safe inaction by government at all levels in order to keep our most precious resource safe.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Welcome to Hoosick Falls! -- The EPA takes control of drinking water -- An endless road to nowhere -- Pills in the water -- Plastic everywhere -- One city of many : Flint and lead in America's drinking water -- The water industry -- Pushing the EPA to do more -- Why can't we all have water like Orange County -- New ideas needed.

"New York Times bestselling author Seth M. Siegel shows how our drinking water got contaminated, what it may be doing to us, and what we must do to make it safe. If you thought America's drinking water problems started and ended in Flint, Michigan, think again. From big cities and suburbs to the rural heartland, chemicals linked to cancer, heart disease, obesity, birth defects, and lowered IQ routinely spill from our taps. Many are to blame: the EPA, Congress, a bipartisan coalition of powerful governors and mayors, chemical companies, and drinking water utilities -- even NASA and the Pentagon. Meanwhile, the bottled water industry has been fanning our fears about tap water, but bottled water is often no safer. The tragedy is that existing technologies could launch a new age of clean, healthy, and safe tap water for only a few dollars a week per person. Scrupulously researched, Troubled Water is full of shocking stories about contaminated water found throughout the country and about the everyday heroes who have successfully forced changes in the quality and safety of our drinking water. And it concludes with what America must do to reverse decades of neglect and play-it-safe inaction by government at all levels in order to keep our most precious resource safe"-- Provided by publisher.

From big cities and suburbs to the rural heartland, chemicals linked to cancer, heart disease, obesity, birth defects, and lowered IQ routinely spill from our taps. The bottled water industry has been fanning our fears about tap water, but bottled water is often no safer. Siegel presents the facts about contaminated water found throughout the country-- and about the everyday heroes who have successfully forced changes in the quality and safety of our drinking water. He examines what America must do to reverse decades of neglect and play-it-safe inaction by government at all levels in order to keep our most precious resource safe. -- adapted from jacket

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