What is the risk of having pesticides in drinking water ?

With increasing industrialization and pollution levels, these things are inevitable. Pesticide ingestion and inhalation can damage internal organs, cause cancer, and eventually death. The World Health Organization estimates that one-half of the ground and well water in the U.S. is contaminated with pesticides, resulting in 20,000 deaths per year. Some home based test monitors checks water for hazardous levels of pesticides.

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