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...other words, students have been denied crucial health information by both Cambridge and Harvard. Although Cambridge officials claim the current excess of cancer-causing trihalomethanes (THMs) has ended, Harvard has a responsibility to verify this claim independently. More broadly, Harvard administrators must develop a mechanism to notify students of future environmental problems. Harvard must monitor the quality of the water it uses, especially when hazardous chemicals literally threaten the health of its academic community...
...state claims that Cambridge violated a regulation requiring community water systems to notify the public if the level of a contaminant known as trihalomethanes (THMs) in drinking water exceeds a certain level...
State law sets the maximum amount of THMs at 100 parts per billion, but over the past year, the level in Cambridge's water ranged between...
...THMs form as a by-product to the disinfection process when chlorine reacts to organic compounds in the water. Although the contaminant's effects on people are still being studied, it is thought to cause cancer, according to a state letter dated November...
...Healy said Cambridge was aware of the level of THMs in drinking water and met its legal obligation to notify its citizens...