Practice English Speaking&Listening with: Potentially Dangerous Chemicals Found In Drinking Water In Braintree, Randolph, Holbrook

THE NEW HAMPSHIRE

PRIMARY.

YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS AT

11:00 RIGHT

HERE ON WBZ.

CONCERNS ABOUT WATER

CONTAMINATION ON THE

SOUTH SHORE.

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS

CHEMICALS HAVE BEEN FOUND

IN THE DRINKING WATER IN

BRAINTREE, HOLBROOK AND

RANDOLPH.

BILL SHIELDS HAS THE STORY.

YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW WHAT

TO LOOK OR DRINK THE

WATER BUT RECENTLY, THE

BRAINTREE WATER DEPARTMENT

DISCOVERED A CHEMICAL IN THE

WATER CALLED A MAN-MADE

COMPOUND OF CARBON AND

FLOORING.

AND IT IS FOREVER.

AND IT DOES NOT DISSOLVE OR

GO AWAY SO WE NEED

TO BE CAUTIOUS.

IT HAS BEEN USED FOR

COOKWARE, PIZZA BOXES,

STAIN REPELLENT AND EVEN

FIREFIGHTING FOAM.

AND IN

THE TRI- TOWN WATER SUPPLY, IT

IS ALMOST 24 PARTS

PER TRILLION.

THE FEDERAL ADVISORY LEVEL IS

70.

BUT BRAINTREE IS NOT WAITING

FOR THE NEW WATER

TREATMENT PLANT TO BE BUILT.

THEY HAVE INSTALLED

CARBON FILTERS IN THE EXISTING

PLANT.

THE LAST TEST SHOWED WE

WERE DOWN TO 21 PARTS

PER TRILLION.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING THAT

MAKING OF UNDER 20 PARTS PER

TRILLION THAT THEY ARE

ASKING FOR.

EVEN THOUGH THE EPA HAS

REGULATIONS

THAT ARE 70 PARTS PER TRILLION.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT MORRISON

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

IN BRAINTREE, THEY WILL HAVE AN

INFORMATIONAL

MEETING FOR ANYONE AND EVERYONE

WHO IS CONCERNED.

AND MANY ARE.

WE HAVE NOT DROP THE SHOVEL

IN THE GROUND YET.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING FOR THE

FUTURE THAT WE NEED TO

WATCH OUT FOR.

THE LOWER THE PFAS NUMBERS

WITH CURRENT

TECHNOLOGY.

WHAT THEY WILL DO NEXT IS APPLY

THE