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Thu 07 Jul 2009Supply below EU standard in most houses
WATER QUALITY:MOST HOUSEHOLDS in Ireland have been supplied with contaminated drinking water that violates EU standards, according to a paper in the ESRI’s latest quarterly review.
Describing the situation as alarming, it says: “The water we drink should be safe. The cryptosporidiosis outbreak in Galway in 2007 reminded us that it sometimes is not. But bad water quality does not only cause acute health problems. It also causes chronic ailments, including cancer.”
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