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Article: Is your tap water clean? New 20-city test raises questions about contaminants, levels. (trihalomethanes, methylene chloride)

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May 22, 1989
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IS YOUR TAP WATER CLEAN? NEW 20-CITY TEST

RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT CONTAMINANTS, LEVELS

FORT COLLINS, Colo., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Of 20 major cities tested, potentially dangerous volatile organic chemicals, specifically either trihalomethanes (THMs) or methylene chloride, were found in tap water samples in all of the metropolitan areas.

Representing a nationwide geographical distribution, tests conducted in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Jacksonville, Fla., Kansas City, Mo., Los Angeles, Nashville, Newark, N.J., New Orleans, New York, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco ...

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