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Show Water Quality Facts From the Experts at the Water Quality Association Reducing Radium In Drinking Water Here's news of a study health conscious Americans may want to drink in: the resins used in ion exchange water softening can also exchange out harmful naturally-occurring naturally-occurring radioactivity in water. A study shows water softeners soften-ers reduce radioactivity in drinking drink-ing water. A softenerradium' study conducted con-ducted by the Water Quality Association As-sociation (WQA) looked at simple and cost-effective ways to deal with the potential danger of radioactivity in drinking water supplies. Certain kinds of radiums occur naturally in limestone and sandstone rock for- . mations throughout the United States. Although there's a tendency ten-dency to look to government to solve drinking water problems, correcting cor-recting the problem centrally may be costly. Many consumers have a solution already in place in their homes. The WQA study illustrates the effectiveness of familiar and proven ion-exchange water softeners as a method for also reducing radium 226228 in drinking water. The solution so-lution can be applied by individuals right in their homes making it cost effective .as- well as efficient. |