Emerging Contaminants — A Primer

We live in a very complex world, with hundreds if not thousands of new products and compounds that enter the market each year for either personal, commercial, military or industrial use.

In total they represent millions of tons of manmade substances that in some form may make their way into the world’s most precious resource … our water.

The impact of many of those products and substances are only now being understood by scientists and the medical community around the world. In fact, testing for many of these compounds is not required to certify water safe for drinking, nor are most of them on the regulated list for drinking water standards.

Explore the full presentation to learn more about emerging contaminants and where they appear.