What are organic chemicals and are they dangerous in my drinking water?
Organic chemicals consist mostly of carbon atoms connected to hydrogen atoms (the element, not the gas). Not all organic chemicals are dangerous. Many foods are organic chemicals, including sugar. NOTE: You can’t tell if something is an organic chemical by just looking at it. Table salt looks like sugar but does not contain carbon and hydrogen, thus table salt is an inorganic chemical. Organic chemicals, which are found in products such as gasoline, cleaning fluid, pesticides, paint thinners, and car radiator fluid, are dangerous because many are cancer-causing chemicals–carcinogens.
