spunky Wrote:
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> OK, test it sometime.
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http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/epidemiology/DEE/Publi
> cHealthToxicology/Advisories/index.htm
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> Check this site out,it will tell you tubby what
> the toxins are in each boby of water of VA and the
> Potomac. There's some fish you can and can't eat
> and size matters and how you cook it. But almost
> all say not to eat more then two 8 ozs a mouth
> from these waters, and no children and no pregnant
> women should eat fish from these waters at all.
>
Aside from moving, what should we do about it? I filter my consumption water with a Brita, but I'm going to get one of these soon:
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=10034720
The biggest problem I think with Fairfax water is the level of chlorine they put in the water. That is necessary of course, because the water is so 'crappy', but it also creates Trihalomethanes which are known carcinogens....breathing that in while in the shower is probably going to kill us all:
http://www.agen.ufl.edu/~wq/thm/
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/22/2008 01:36PM by trogdor!.