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Discusses issues related to the quality of drinking water in the U.S. Contaminants found in different water bodies; Reasons for the lack of public awareness about the spillover of harmful wastes into their drinking water; Concerns shown by federal officials in the U.S. Public Health Service and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the issue; Efforts of the EPA toward standardization of drinking water; Suggestions to improve the quality of drinking water.

Discusses the magnitude of the mercury pollution crisis in the United States. Discovery of lethal doses of mercury in Lake St. Clair fishes; States that decided to shut their lakes and rivers to fishing; Estimated volume of poisonous mercury sludge being dump by chemical manufacturers annually; Pollution of the drinking water system; Failure of the government to do sufficient actions since the discovery of mercury pollution; Efforts of several factories to cut down on their mercury discharges; Call for the enforcement of strict water quality standards.