Drinking Water and Health Newsletter - Pregnant Persons and Families with Babies

Do you have a well and…

• Are pregnant?
• Plan to become pregnant?
• Use infant formula?
• Plan to use infant formula?

It is important to test well water that is used for:

Drinking.

Cooking.

Mixing infant formula.

Test your water! Most contaminants have no taste, color or smell. The only way to know if you have a problem is to test your drinking water. Follow these steps:

1. Learn.

   Learn how to take care of your well and how to maintain it on the Care for Mi Well webpage.

2. Test.

   Test your well water. Visit the 5 Tips to Maintain Your Home's Drinking Water Quality webpage  and click on “Test your water” to learn the steps to take to test your drinking water.

3. Understand.

   Compare your test results to federal and state agency drinking water standards for contaminants in drinking water with information from the Understand a Drinking Water Test Result webpage.

For more information on how to follow the steps above or about caring for your drinking water to protect your health, visit www.michigan.gov/CareforMiDrinkingWater or call MDHHS at 800-648-6942.

Visit our website at Michigan.gov/CareforMiDrinkingWater to see our materials with more information about the topic in this newsletter, including the Care for MiWell - Pregnant Persons and Families with Babies brochure. 

If you missed one of our previous newsletters, they are posted on our website. Visit the Care for MI Drinking Water website Learn More page.

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Thank you for subscribing to our Drinking Water and Health Newsletter. We are excited to share important information with you! Through this newsletter, our goal is to help you stay informed about your drinking water quality and what role you play in protecting it. This newsletter will offer science-based, up-to-date information about how harmful substances in drinking water can affect health. It will provide you with resources to help you better understand your likelihood of exposure to contaminants and help you make informed decisions to protect yourself and your family.

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