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Debate over arsenic levels.(Insider Report)
In the waning days of the Clinton administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved a new standard for the level of arsenic allowed in drinking water. The old standard, which had stood for decades, allowed up to 50 parts per billion (ppb) in drinking water. The new standard arbitrarily reduced the permissible level of arsenic to 10 ppb.
The incoming Bush administration initially wanted to study the economic consequences of this new rule before implementing it. But demagoguery by Democrats and browbeating by the media caused the Bush administration to quickly knuckle under. As a result, U.S. cities are now required to be in compliance with this new policy by January 2006.
Arsenic levels exceeding 10 ppb are found in 3,000 water systems serving 13 million people nationwide, according to the EPA. Most of these systems are in arid and sparsely populated regions of the Western states.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Debate over arsenic levels.(Insider Report)