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Business Latest: Water, but is it safe?

California’s drought is exposing residents to unsafe drinking water.
This May 1, 2014, file photo shows irrigation water runs along a dried-up ditch between rice farms in Richvale, Calif. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP)
This May 1, 2014, file photo shows irrigation water runs along a dried-up ditch between rice farms in Richvale, Calif.

WATER, BUT IS IT SAFE:  California’s drought is exposing residents to unsafe drinking water.  As more groundwater is being used in California’s drought, the deeper wells have more arsenic than is allowable in humans. Arsenic is linked to heart disease, and cancer. Residents in several cities in the Central Valley are already being forced to buy their own bottled water as a result. Read more 

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