Lower arsenic standards for rural people in the US

a proposal by the United States Environment Protection Agency (usepa) to lower standards pertaining to chemical contaminant limits in drinking water in rural parts of the country is facing stiff opposition.

It is feared that if passed, the March 2, 2006, proposal would weaken the drinking water standards in us and might lead to a two-tier system: with cities getting better and safer drinking water and rural areas receiving water with higher levels of toxic chemical contaminants. usepa is going to take a decision on the proposal very soon and says that the proposal is drawn from the arguments (of interested parties) that its current criteria for drinking water are too stringent for small drinking water systems to comply with.