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Public water utilities must have their water tested for arsenic. You can obtain the results from
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well, you will need to have the water evaluated. The local health department or the state
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trivalent arsenic is considered more harmful than pentavalent arsenic.
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rapidly convert trivalent arsenic to pentavalent arsenic. Other water treatment chemicals
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