Trusting What’s on Tap
WATER IS AN essential part of life—so vital to our existence that one of the objectives of recent space exploration, including the Perseverance rover on Mars, is to identify how life may have flourished when water was present. We have tested bottled water over the years and alerted you to toxic chemicals we found, and now we are taking a closer look at the tap water in our homes and in other places where we congregate. To better understand the current state of the health and safety of our nation’s water, CR teamed up with the Guardian US news organization and with consumers to test drinking water across the U.S. The testing happens not just in CR labs but also in the communities where consumers live, including, in this case, 120…