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Long Island Drinking Water Has 'By Far' Most Contaminants In NY, Research Group Says Long Island Drinking Water Has 'By Far' Most Contaminants In NY, Research Group Says
Long Island Drinking Water Has 'By Far' Most Contaminants In NY, Research Group Says Long Island has "by far" the most detections of emerging contaminants found in drinking water of any other region in New York, said a review by New York Public Interest Research Group. The May 28 "What's in My Water" report concludes that nearly 16 million New Yorkers are served by water systems that detected one or more UCMR3 ( Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule) contaminants. The report says it is unclear if certain detections are health concerns but cited some detected contaminants that are above the Environmental Protection Agency health advisory levels. Long Island had …

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