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[Mercedes Benzene]

I've read multiple articles recently about male fish producing eggs due to estrogen-like chemicals that have found their way into rivers and streams. It's very interesting, but not very alarming to me.

Here's an analysis that I just found for my wastewater treatment plant's tap-water.
http://www.wsscwater.com/info/TapAnalysis05.pdf

Notice how data is not available most pesticides, SOCs, and VOCs.
That's a little sketchy in my opinion, but otherwise this is a very thorough analysis.
My drinking water happens to come from the Potomac river, but this link also includes another source: The Patuxent River.

Notice the extreme differences between the two when comparing the individual components. Very interesting.