Tuesday July 23, 2024
KTLA —
If you’re curious about what toxins may be in your tap water, a tool from the nonprofit Environmental Working Group will tell you, but you may not like what you find.
EWG’s Tap Water Database breaks down detected contaminants by zip code and how much of each substance was found.
As the Los Angeles Times notes, however, it’s important to consider that EWG’s standards differ from the maximum levels prescribed by federal and state governments.
Keep that in mind when the Tap Water Database tells you, for instance, that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s water contains 430 times more arsenic than EWG’s guidelines.
Despite alarming figures like that, Jonathan Leung, the LADWP’s director of water quality, told the Times that “there’s no health concern,” as levels of arsenic and other contaminants meet federal limits.