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Mentor: Susan Eve, Depari
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ABSTRACT
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Drinking water all around the world has been pu
out if different types of water can be harmful to
found in different locations contains different ch
some places, the number and types of chemicals
to be harmful. It was found that some of the drin
contained too much nitrogen trioxide (N03) and
N03 was directly affected by the amounts of Ca
drinking water (Chang 2010). In Spain, it was fo
cleaned with chlorine can cause bladder cancer. q
which stands for Disinfection By-Product. The E
TTHMs, which stands for trihalomethanes, and t
cause bladder cancer if the concentration is too h
If water were to contain too much N03 or TTH
would need to be followed to ensure the best tre
problem. A few steps would include planning, ot
confirmation that an outbreak is occurring, decla
and calling the outbreak committee together, des
outbreak, and generation of a hypothesis as to th
outbreak. These steps could be usedto minimize
people affected by the outbreak (Quigley 2003).
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RESEARCH TOPIC
I plan to research the chemicals found in tap
water and how those chemicals can affect
human health.
LITERATURE REVIEW
From childhood, I drank water straight from
the tap and never got sick. I have found,
however, that I cannot drink tap water
everywhere. When I moved to Denton, Texas
for college, I became ill after drinking the tap
water. This phenomenon is what ultimately
raised the question for me: What is in our
drinking water and could there be elements
that are harmful to our health?
PURPOSE AND HYPOTHESIS
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