The drinking water in United States contains more than 60,000 chemicals. 91 chemicals are allowed by the safe drinking water act in United States. But recent tests find that the drinking water contains many more chemicals. Even if these chemicals are taken at tiny proportion , they can lead to cancer, or stomach upsets or birth defects and other serious diseases.
From 2004 the commonly used health guideline is not followed to protect the people from chemicals of water. Around 62 million Americans depend on water provided by the government. Federal regulators are now under pressure and trying to prevent the industrial solvents, rocket fuel, and other contaminants entering the water. Safe drinking water act is unchanged since1974 , and it was only name sake updated during 1980.
