Drinking water found to contain far more cancer-causing chemicals than previously thought: NewsTarget.com

Your drinking water may contain more cancer-causing agents than previously thought.

According to recent research by scientists in Canada, two new nitrosamines were located in drinking water in a Canadian city -- and these nitrosamines can be 100 to 10,000 times more carcinogenic than the trihalomethanes (THMs) currently measured and treated in standard domestic water treatment facilities.

THMs -- a group of potentially carcinogenic drinking-water disinfection byproducts -- are a major health concern of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Some studies have linked THMs to an increased risk of bladder cancer. Most water treatment facilities carefully monitor THM content in water pumped out to customer locations.

The finding suggests that a better methodology should be adopted to monitor the presence of nitrosamines in drinking water supplies.

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