Tap Water Safety Results by State (Video Included)

The NYTimes.com is all over the story about the safety of drinking water.  They put together a great page where you can search by State and County for your local water system. The data was collected by an advocacy organization, the Environmental Working Group, who shared it with The New York Times.

Here is the link to the page - http://projects.nytimes.com/toxic-waters from there you can select your state, read the articles, and view the NY Times videos on the subject of unsafe tap water.

If you are searching for the results from Washington State, click here - http://projects.nytimes.com/toxic-waters/contaminants/wa

California, right here - http://projects.nytimes.com/toxic-waters/contaminants/ca

What’s in Your Water

The 35-year-old federal law regulating tap water is so out of date that the water Americans drink can pose what scientists say are serious health risks — and still be legal. Examine whether contaminants in your water supply met two standards: the legal limits established by the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the typically stricter health guidelines. The data was collected by an advocacy organization, the Environmental Working Group, who shared it with The Times.

Tanvi Nagpal, GWC's Director of Water and Sanitation Programs, was interviewed on Fox News about the New York Times article yesterday questioning the safety of tap water in the United States: