Here are the local agencies and the average levels of Chromium-6 detected, according to the study:
United Water NJ: Samples taken: 12, detects: 12, range: 0.034-0.33 ppb, average: 0.15 ppb
Ridgewood Water: Samples taken: 56, detects: 56, range: 0.14-2.9 ppb, average: 0.40 ppb
Fair Lawn Water Department: Samples taken: 20, detects: 18, range: 0.0-0.93. ppb, average: 0.28 ppb
Garfield Water Department: Samples taken: 12, detects: 12, range: 0.033-3.8 ppb, average: 0.70 ppb
Mahwah Water Department: Samples taken: 15, detects: 14, range: 0.0-0.37 ppb, average: 0.21 ppb
Passaic Valley Water Commission, Lodi Water Department: Samples taken: 8, detects: 8, range: 0.038-0.098 ppb, average: 0.064 ppb
Lyndhurst Water Department: Samples taken: 8, detects: 6, range: 0.0-0.068 ppb, average: 0.039 ppb
Elmwood Park Water Department: Samples taken: 8, detects: 7, range: 0.0-0.12 ppb, average: 0.063 ppb
Ramsey Water Department: Samples taken: 18, detects: 18, range: 0.044-1.8 ppb, average: 0.62 ppb
Maybe I will ask Ridgewood Water if the will re chrome my car bumper
It would have helped to have some perspective and not just a bunch of numbers. The EPA limit for drinking water is 100 pb
ppb
Extremely high levels of Hydrogen: 666,666,666 ppb (66%) detected in Ridgewood Water.
Yikes!
This is a nation wide problem.
Yes, it is frightening to realize that we have poisoned Mother Earth (water, air, food) and hence ourselves.
Of course our reactions will range all over the place. Denial, anger, grief, a frantic search to attribute blame to an other, a frantic search for an immediate solution etc.
Mother Earth – ha – good one.