> - Around 90% of Americans use community drinking water systems, making this a wide-reaching problem in the U.S. > - Hypertension, cardiovascular disease, kidney damage, and lung cancer have all been tied to uranium exposure > - Elevated levels of arsenic, barium, chromium, selenium were found in many drinking water systems around the country as well > > While small amounts of many chemicals are acceptable in water, according to safety standards, consistent exposure to it in drinking water can cause a long list of deadly and debilitating diseases. > > They found that many localities in the south and Midwest in particular had unsafe levels of uranium detected in water.