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Unsafe levels of URANIUM have been detected in two-thirds of public drinking water in the US with those in the Midwest and South most at-risk
- Researchers at Columbia University found that two-thirds of US drinking water systems have elevated levels of uranium
- Around 90% of Americans use community drinking water systems, making this a wide-reaching problem in the U.S.
- Hypertension, cardiovascular disease, kidney damage, and lung cancer have all been tied to uranium exposure
- Elevated levels of arsenic, barium, chromium, selenium were found in many drinking water systems around the country as well