can we still drink tap water?

A report has shown that tap water contains potentially harmful pesticides. Can we still drink tap water? “Yes, we can still because we are talking here about the quality of the water for which the threshold has been exceeded, but there is another threshold which is much higher which is called here a sanitary threshold and there, the agency insists, it has not been exceeded”specifies the doctor Damien Mascret, present on the set of 19/20, Thursday April 6. Moreover, these are not contaminations by infectious agents for which there is an immediate risk.

A precautionary principle

Why this alert? “Because the parent molecule of this pesticide has been shown to be a probable carcinogen. This means that potentially there is a risk”continues the doctor. However, there has not yet been a demonstration of an effect in humans underlines Damien Mascret. It is therefore a precautionary principle that applies.