Many U.S. Drinking Water Wells Contaminated with Arsenic, Other Elements

Monday, October 3, 2011 - 13:01 in Physics & Chemistry

In Nebraska, along the Platte River, it's uranium. In Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, it's arsenic. In California, boron. And in the Texas Panhandle, lithium.Throughout the nation, metals and other elements are tainting private drinking water wells at concentrations that pose a health concern. [More]

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