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Author Siegel, Seth M., 1953- author.

Title Troubled water : what's wrong with what we drink / Seth M. Siegel.

Publication Info. New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2019.
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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  363.61 SIEGEL    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  613.287 SIEGEL    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  613.287 SIE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  613.287 SIEGEL    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  613.287 SIEGEL    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Nonfiction  613.287 SIE    Missing
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  363.61 SIEGEL    DUE 04-03-24
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  363.61 SIEGEL    On Display
 Southington Library - Adult  613.287 SIE    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xvii, 330 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-318) and index.
Contents Welcome to Hoosick Falls! -- The EPA takes control of drinking water -- An endless road to nowhere -- Pills in the water -- Plastic everywhere -- One city of many : Flint and lead in America's drinking water -- The water industry -- Pushing the EPA to do more -- Why can't we all have water like Orange County -- New ideas needed.
Summary "New York Times bestselling author Seth M. Siegel shows how our drinking water got contaminated, what it may be doing to us, and what we must do to make it safe. If you thought America's drinking water problems started and ended in Flint, Michigan, think again. From big cities and suburbs to the rural heartland, chemicals linked to cancer, heart disease, obesity, birth defects, and lowered IQ routinely spill from our taps. Many are to blame: the EPA, Congress, a bipartisan coalition of powerful governors and mayors, chemical companies, and drinking water utilities -- even NASA and the Pentagon. Meanwhile, the bottled water industry has been fanning our fears about tap water, but bottled water is often no safer. The tragedy is that existing technologies could launch a new age of clean, healthy, and safe tap water for only a few dollars a week per person. Scrupulously researched, Troubled Water is full of shocking stories about contaminated water found throughout the country and about the everyday heroes who have successfully forced changes in the quality and safety of our drinking water. And it concludes with what America must do to reverse decades of neglect and play-it-safe inaction by government at all levels in order to keep our most precious resource safe"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Drinking water -- Contamination -- United States.
Drinking water -- Health aspects -- United States.
Water quality management -- United States -- History.
Water-supply -- Political aspects -- United States.
Drinking water -- Contamination. (OCoLC)fst00898255
Drinking water -- Health aspects. (OCoLC)fst00898272
Water quality management. (OCoLC)fst01171900
Water-supply -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01172410
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title What's wrong with what we drink
ISBN 9781250132543 hardcover
1250132541 hardcover
9781250132550 electronic book
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