After Flint, Watchdog Urges Texas To Warn Residents About Arsenic

"An environmental watchdog group analyzed a decade worth of water data in Texas, finding that 65 communities have exceeded federal limits on arsenic. The state has reassured residents that the water is still safe to drink."

"After analyzing more than a decade worth of data, an environmental watchdog group reported Monday that it found levels of arsenic in drinking water in 65 rural Texas communities exceeding the actionable threshold set by the federal government.

But there's little agreement over what level of arsenic in water presents a health risk.

State health officials advised communities that the water is safe to drink, says the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Environmental Integrity Project in a report. The report authors liken the situation to the ongoing water crisis in Flint, Mich."

Lonnie Shekhtman reports for the Christian Science Monitor March 15, 2016.