A study reveals that while levels of common contaminants are low, other elements are found in high concentrations in waters ...

However, the lithium in tap water is at much lower levels than is used medicinally. Experiments have shown the element alters a wide range of biological processes in the brain. This broad impact ...

Leaching experiments and evidence from water samples also indicated that the legacy lithium mine does not contribute to environmentally harmful acidic runoff commonly associated with other mining ...

“An outstanding question, then, is how these elements affect human and environmental health.” Leaching experiments and evidence from water samples also indicated that the legacy lithium mine does not ...

However, high levels of other metals—namely, lithium, rubidium and cesium—do occur in waters associated with the mine. The research is published in the journal Science of The Total Environment ...