EPA Fails to Inform Public About Weed Killer in Drinking Water

Grist by Danielle Ivory | Aug. 24, 2009 (News)

Records that tracked the amount of the weed-killer atrazine in about 150 watersheds from 2003 through 2008 were obtained by the Huffington Post Investigative Fund under the Freedom of Information Act. An analysis found that yearly average levels of atrazine in drinking water violated the federal standard at least ten times in communities in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Kansas, all states where farmers rely heavily on the herbicide. Full Story »

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