EPA Fails To Inform Public About Weed-Killer In Drinking Water (VIDEO)

Huffington Post by Danielle Ivory | Aug. 23, 2009 (Investigative Report)

One of the nation's most widely-used herbicides has been found to exceed federal safety limits in drinking water in four states, but water customers have not been told and the Environmental Protection Agency has not published the results. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Sci/Tech, Health
Topics: Environment, Water
Member Tags: EPA, atrazine
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 24, 2009 - 2:33 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Tanya J. Maurer (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Aug 25, 2009 - 5:25 PM PDT

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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 25, 2009

The article reports on a hormone disrupter that is present in dangerous amounts in human drinking water. The EPA is seen to have failed to notify communities, though legal technicalities may have left them inside the law.

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