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The Water They Say Is Safe is a stark, investigative journey into the hidden truths of America's drinking water system-truths the public was never meant to see. Drawing from internal agency memos, inspector general investigations, FOIA disclosures, scientific research, and the lived experience of affected communities, this book exposes how contamination is not a rare failure but the predictable result of a system built to tolerate risk. The pages reveal a national infrastructure aging into collapse, regulatory standards shaped by feasibility rather than health, and a constitutional framework that disperses responsibility so widely that no one fully owns the consequences. From lead and PFAS to nitrates and disinfection byproducts, the book shows how legal thresholds mask biological realities-and how the communities with the least political power face the greatest dangers. This is not a story of isolated crises. It is a forensic examination of a structure that performs exactly as designed, even as millions of Americans unknowingly absorb the cost. Calm, factual, and deeply researched, The Water They Say Is Safe unpacks the political, legal, and economic incentives that keep the system moving slowly while harm moves quickly. By the final chapter, one truth becomes impossible to ignore: the next crisis isn't a question of ""if."" It's already forming-quietly, chemically, legally-beneath the surface. This is the book that explains why.

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