Metro Detroit's drinking water is unsafe, and it's not just lead

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Over the past two years, 56 new contaminants have been identified in drinking water, a list that includes PFAS, a class of synthetic chemicals, as well as pesticides, radioactive materials, and water disinfectant byproducts.

The Environmental Working Group, an independent nonprofit that advocates for clean water, compiled the list from tap water quality reports and included it in a searchable database for every ZIP code in the U.S.

A Metro Times analysis of the database found an alarming cocktail of toxic chemicals coursing through tap water in virtually every community in metro Detroit. The contamination crosses racial and class lines and is as prevalent in higher-income communities as it is in lower-income ones.

Many of the chemicals, which exceed what scientists consider safe, are known to cause cancer, birth defects, hormone disruptions, nervous systems problems, and brain, liver, and kidney damage.

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Bad news.

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1. Isn't Michigan surrounded by four of the five Great Lakes, the largest sources of fresh water...

in the continent, if not the world? How can it be that anywhere in that state there isn't fresh water available to everyone?

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3. Interesting. I thought we had some of the cleanest tap water in the country!

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4. Lots of Iron in the water

in the far North West and pollution in the far South East.

I'm lucky and have the best sand filtered well water in the Center.