Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2022
Publication Title
Science Scope
Publisher
NSTA
Abstract
Those of us in the United States often take for granted that the water coming out of our faucets will be safe for drinking, cleaning, or brushing our teeth. Despite this, each year nearly half a million people visit emergency rooms because of waterborne diseases, resulting in over 100,000 hospital stays and thousands of deaths (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] 2020). In fact, the CDC estimated that in 2017 people in the United States spent $3.8 billion on emergency room visits for waterborne illnesses.
Recommended Citation
Please use the publisher's recommended citation. https://www.nsta.org/science-scope/science-scope-julyaugust-2022/particulate-matters