Arsenic found in drinking water at popular bathing spot

Drinking water supplies at one of the country’s most popular bathing spots had potentially dangerous levels of a carcinogenic substance at the height of the summer, according to the environmental regulator.

Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency found levels of arsenic above recommended safety limits in two public water supplies at Brittas Bay, Co Wicklow in July.

In one instance, the level was over 15 times the safe level set by the World Health Organisation.