Atanu Sarkar, an associate professor at Memorial University, says there's no way to guarantee a possible contaminant isn't present in drinking water without testing for it.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/arsenic-test-results-1.6920066?cmp=rss

A University of Minnesota and Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa team of researchers led by former doctoral student, Dr. Jessica Deere (far left), process fish samples for contaminant screening.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-09-contaminants-emerging-impact-fish-health.html

EPA defines the MCL as the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water.

Source: https://mauinow.com/2023/06/29/trace-levels-of-contaminant-detected-in-haleakala-national-park-water-system/

Maya Spaur et al, Impact of lowering the US maximum contaminant level on arsenic exposure: Differences by race, region, and water arsenic in NHANES 2003–2014, Environmental PollutionDOI: 10.1016/j.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-arsenic-decline-highly-exposed-communities.html

The report indicates that there were no violations of contaminant thresholds for Lead, Copper, Barium, Nitrates, Trihalomethane, Haloacetic Acids, Fluoride, or Chlorine in Hastings drinking water.

Source: https://kdwa.com/2023/05/hastings-drinking-water-study-published/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hastings-drinking-water-study-published

This allows us to achieve a double purpose, on the one hand to remove a contaminant from the beach and; at the same time, put it to a profitable use”, said Bermúdez.

Source: https://thecostaricanews.com/nine-stations-of-plastic-wood-will-be-builtto-facilitate-the-work-of-lifeguards-in-playa-tamarindo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nine-stations-of-plastic-wood-will-be-builtto-facilitate-the-work-of-lifeguards-in-