EPA Urges Tough Rules On Arsenic

Part I of Essay
Person 1- For our table topic we are doing “.” The Environmental Protection agency has concluded that it must adopt a new standard for the amount of arsenic allowed in the nation’s drinking water that is at least as though as the one proposed by the Clinton administration, ....

Part II of Essay
.... law. The review focused on alternative standards – ranging from as low as 3 parts per billion to as high as 20 parts per billion. Whitman states it is to dangerous to have the arsenic levels over 20 parts per billion. Person 4- Arsenic occurs naturally in rocks, soil, water, air, plants and animals. High concentration levels are mostly found in the drinking water in the Western states. Long-term exposure to arsenic in drinking water led to cancer of the bladder, lungs, skin, kidney, nasal passages, and liver according to the EPA in ....