Philadelphia officials are closely monitoring drinking water for contamination after a chemical spill in the Delaware River.
The Philadelphia Water Department says it is confident that tap water is safe to drink through Monday night after a chemical spill into the Delaware River in Bucks County.
"Again, I want to reiterate, we have not detected any of these contaminants in our water and will continue to use that as our first basis for any decision-making that we make." The earlier advisory, the city said, "was issued out of an abundance of caution," and the new guidance followed "updated hydraulic modeling and the latest sampling results and data." None of the three chemicals that leaked into the river when a latex product spilled Friday in Bristol, Pennsylvania, had been detected in Philadelphia's water system by Sunday evening, city officials said at that time.
"In this case, because we were talking about essentially ingredients that go into latex paint, we would have been able to see a kind of white plume under the river surface," he said. Methyl methacrylate, sometimes called MMA, is a colorless liquid with a fruity odor often used in the production of acrylic plastics and resins. Exposure to MMA can cause irritation to the eyes, skin, nose and throat as well as skin inflammation. The polymer version of MMA is often used in dental applications.The contamination occurred Friday night and involved a latex product that spilled along a Delaware River tributary in Bristol Township, Bucks County, Carroll earlier said in a statement.
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