Erin Brockovich warns of ‘toxins in Irish water’

A toxin found in water supplying 400,000 people can cause miscarriages as well as cancer, environment campaigner, Erin Brockovich has warned her “Irish cousins”.

Irish Water and the Environmental Protection Agency have admitted high levels of thihalomethanes (THM) — up to three times the figure considered safe by the World Health Organisation — is piped to homes of 10% of the population.

Despite years of promising to bring it within EU and WHO levels, Irish authorities have now set 2020 as a new deadline but have refused to inform affected consumers individually.