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1. The article says :  "These chemicals are all imported from EU countries"

   Mr. Cotruvo says : "They are ​bulk chemicals ​readily ​available on ​the world ​market."

   If the article is right -> Mr. Cotruvo is not well informed

   If Mr. Cortruvo is right -> The article os loosing right to exist

   Or both are right -> then the article is a time-wasting thing

   So what game is that here on an "expert-platform" ??

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   1. The article does not say there are no other solutions available. Thames Water was asking the government to help. For experts it might be interesting to know the drinking water supply is an important topic in the Brexit negotiations. 

2. The article on the Brexit concern on water treatment chemicals does not make much sense. They are bulk chemicals readily available on the world market. Most are probably produced in China.

   The article on the Swedish Water  concern about silver seems overblown. Is the full report available?  Silver is not very  toxic although it does have some bacteriostatic properties. It was once integral to the  photographic film process , but that use is essentially ahistorical curiosity with the advent of digital photography and video tape. It also readily precipitates with chloride and some other common anions in the environment and in sewage so it should be fairly easily  removed to the sludge  in a sewage plant. A role in antibiotic resistance production under environmental conditions also seems to be unlikely.

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   1. Thank you for your comment. This is the link to the full report. http://www.svensktvatten.se/globalassets/om-oss/nyheter/2018/report-silver_leaching_1107b.pdf