West Virginia scientist detects formaldehyde in water sample taken from restaurant

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/29/west-virginia-scientist-detects-formaldehyde-in-water-sample-taken-from-restaurant/



West Virginia scientist detects formaldehyde in water sample taken from restaurant
By Travis Gettys
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 13:47 EST

A West Virginia environmental scientist said he found traces of formaldehyde in water sample taken from a restaurant.

“It’s frightening, it really is frightening,” said Scott Simonton, a Marshall University scientist and member of the state Environmental Quality Board. “What we know scares us, and we know there’s a lot more we don’t know.”

Simonton said methanol, which is a main component of the 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol that leaked earlier this month into the Elk River, breaks down into the carcinogenic chemical formaldehyde.

“Your level of what risk you will accept is up to you, I can only tell you what mine is and I’m not drinking the water,” Simonton said, adding that his family won’t drink or cook with the water. “The formaldehyde had me personally a little freaked out.”

[postulater]

1. "Clean water is a socialist entitlement."

I'm waiting for some Tea Partier to say that.