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Per the article:
That's a suspiciously low level of arsenic. Where is the arsenic from their wells or municipal water ending up or are they clandestinely pumping river water?
My thought as well. The local drinking water report showed almost 3 times that amount. I could be wrong though.
Signed -No wisdom Internet person.
3.6 Roentgen, not great, not terrible.
Let's hope they didn't just make the data up. Or falsify it at the request of Musk. https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2018/03/14/Pennsylvania-DEP-sanctions-Eurofins-QC-for-water-testing-violations/
And I'm guessing water treatment doesn't fix these, does it?
It can. But you'd need a facility built to do it.
If you don't anticipate Strontium in your wastewater, you're not going to build a system to leech it out or neutralize it.
Given the state of Texas' infrastructure, probably fair to assume this doesn't exist.
Houston has one of the better waste water treatment plants in the country.
Robstown, though? Idk. Doubt it