Drought Partly To Blame For Increase In Cancer-Causing Contaminants In Area Drinking Water
Concentrations of the contaminants are higher than they have been in nearly 20 years.
East Bay Times:
East Bay Water: Cancer-Causing Contaminants On The Rise
Cancer-causing compounds in East Bay drinking water have increased sharply over the past several years, and water in some areas is close to violating a federal public health standard, the East Bay Municipal Utility District reported Tuesday. Water-quality managers said the drought is at least partly to blame for the increase in contaminants called trihalomethanes or THMs, a byproduct of chlorine used to kill germs reacting with natural organic matter in water. (Cuff, 6/13)
In other public health news —
San Diego Union-Times:
Giving Veggies Luscious Names Can Increase Their Consumption, Study Finds
If Shakespeare were a Stanford University psychologist, he might have written that a beet by another name is more appealing to eat. A new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine finds that bestowing saucier, more luscious names on otherwise-unchanged offerings correlates with a 25 percent increase in people choosing vegetable dishes and a 23 percent rise in the amount of those entrees actually being consumed. (Sisson, 6/13)