The Big DumpTruck

There's an article in today's Telegram and Gazette that made me double check the date. Apparently Nestle Waters, the kind folks who deliver Poland Springs water right to my doorstep by the case, are looking at some aquifers in Clinton as a potential source for spring water. That's right, I could be paying a premium for water coming from Clinton. I know, I know, Boston drinks Clinton water every day courtesy of the Wachusett Reservoir, but if you see a headline like "Clinton water may join Perrier" bells and sirens sort of go off. I'm just saying.

Of course, this news is offset with the news that Leominster water is not as good as it should be. There's a byproduct of chlorinization called trihalomethanes that may cause an increase of cancer if they are consumed, inhaled, or absorbed through the skin. As in, you swim in it, get some steam up your nose when you're cooking with it, or bath in it. Which we all do, or at least should. I'm not sure how to take this report. I'm not going to stop bathing, but this is not a comforting news story.

Labels: Leominster, scary, water