EPA Fails to Inform Public About Weed Killer in Drinking Water

Democracy Now, Huffington Post by Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Danielle Ivory, Amy Goodman | Aug. 25, 2009 (Special Report)
Huffington Post Investigation Reveals

An investigation by the Huffington Post reveals the Environmental Protection Agency knew that one of the country’s most widely used herbicides exceeds federal safety limits in four states but failed to inform residents of the associated dangers. The Huffington Post discovered that the EPA has been collecting data that shows people are drinking water laced with high levels of a weed killer known as atrazine but did not publish the data. Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 25, 2009

Though the report that atrazine is banned in Europe, but not that the bush administration approved atrazine in opposition to scientific advice. The interesting principle that dangerous chemicals must be considered innocent until proven dangerous in the U.S. provides an interesting contrast to the European law that requires conclusive proof that new chemicals are safe.

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