When water providers find pharmaceuticals in drinking water, they rarely tell the public. When researchers make the same discoveries, they usually don't identify the cities involved.There are plenty of reasons offered for the secrecy: concerns about national security, fears of panic, a feeling that the public will not understand — even confidentiality agreements.
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Wow, the madness. So, to put it in simple words, according to the Philadelphia Water Department spokeswoman, 'we don't tell people because we don't want them asking questions because we don't yet have answers to their questions.' Is she serious?
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