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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Vishwam Sankaran

Study finds uranium contamination in two-thirds of US community water system

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Metal concentrations, including those of uranium, are particularly elevated in community water services catering to semi-urban, Hispanic communities in the US independent of location or region, according to a new study that has raised environmental justice concerns.

The research, published last week in The Lancet Planetary Health journal, found that these communities had community water systems (CWS) with the highest levels of uranium, selenium, barium, chromium, and arsenic concentrations.

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