Warning
Public Service Warning
Help your neighbors reduce their exposure to hazardous chemicals in tap water with Safe Water SF's Public Service Warning. Download the PDF file and then circulate it through print, email and social media.

Currently, the San Francisco Department of Public Health can not protect residents and visitors from exceeding safe levels of toxic substances known to contribute to cognitive impairment and exasperate many common health conditions. It is imperative everyone take the initiative to help extend this urgent warning.

Print and Circulate

  • Print: Print and post in conspictouas areas, on neighbors' doors, at materinity clinics, at dialysis clinics, and other relevant health centers.
  • Email: Attach PDF to emails and distribute to any tap water consumers in San Francisco, including residents, businesses, and restaurants and cafés.
  • Social Media: Share widely on your social medial accounts and in groups, especially platforms that reach San Franciscans in various at-risk subpopulations.
  • ​Mail: Print and mail to friends, family, medical and health care providers, fitness centers, maternity clinics, and other centers of interest.
Estimate Safe Exposure
Contact SFDPH Environmental Health personnel to estimate your safe chemical exposure level at (415) 554-2500 (option 2). Provide the information below for each person in your household.

AGE ____ 

GENDER _____

YEARS DRINKING SAN FRANCISCO TAP WATER _____

ETHNICITY

☐︎ African American
☐︎ Hispanic 
☐︎ Caucasian
☐︎ Asian
☐︎ Other

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVEL

☐︎ Low
☐︎ Moderate
☐︎ High
☐︎ Very High 

HEALTH CONDITIONS

☐︎ Arthritis
☐︎ HIV/AIDS
☐︎ Hypothyroidism
☐︎ Renal Disease/Dialysis
☐︎ Pregnant/Nursing
☐︎ Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance (IEI)
☐︎ ADHD
☐︎ Cancer
☐︎ Irritable Bowel Syndrome
☐︎ Diabetes