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Philadelphia monitoring drinking water after chemical plant spill

Philadelphia monitoring drinking water after chemical plant spill

Philadelphia officials say the city's water is safe to drink for now after a chemical spill in a local river. A pipe ruptured on Friday at chemical plant Trinseo PLC, leaking hazardous material into a tributary of the Delaware River, a source of water for millions of people. Officials asked people to drink bottled water, leading to empty shelves. But local authorities said later on Sunday there had been no contamination in the city's water system.