WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening drinking water standards to impose stricter limits on four contaminants that can cause cancer.
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson today said the agency is developing stricter regulations for four chemical compounds. All can cause cancer. They are tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, acrylamide and epichlorohydrin.
Jackson called for greater collaboration among states and the federal government, as well as development of new technologies.
The Army Corps of Engineers is identifying and cleaning up dozens of former nuclear missile sites in nine states, including Texas.
The missile sites include 14 in Kansas, 10 in Nebraska, seven in Wyoming, seven in Colorado and two in Oklahoma. California, New Mexico, New York and Texas have one contaminated site each.
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