Traces of 18 unregulated chemicals were found in drinking water from more than one-third of U.S. water utilities in a nationwide sampling.
--- What does it mean that they were "unregulated"? They didn't check whether they were safe or not?
They were not subject to legal control and oversight by a government agency.
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They were not subject to legal control and oversight by a government agency.