BREAKING Philadelphia tap water 'safe to drink' through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday after chemical spill
"So we have been testing, as the commissioner said, in a variety of locations, there are at any point in time up to 12 locations that we're looking at, including in the river outside of Baxter Water Treatment facility," said Carroll.
"We're looking for a variety of organic molecules that are used to make polymers. And these are the chemicals that are involved in the manufacture of latex paint products," Carroll said.butyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate and Methyl methacrylate.Is it possible the chemical will not enter Philly's water system?
As word spread about possible contaminated drinking water supplies, shelves began to clear out of bottled water. "They were actually limited to a customer what you can get," said Mark Young, of Wynnefield, who made several stops before he found bottled water."No. So they don't have any kind of component like, something that you can kill off. It's a different type of toxin than that. So there's no benefit to boiling it. But again, I'm going to reiterate, there's no contamination that's found in the water, so your water is safe to drink," said Carroll.
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