16 Cities Sue Manufacturer Of Atrazine Weed-Killer For Contaminating Drinking Water

Huffington Post by Danielle Ivory | Mar. 9, 2010 (News Report)

A coalition of communities in six Midwestern states filed a federal lawsuit Monday seeking to force the manufacturer of a widely-used herbicide to pay for its removal from drinking water.

Atrazine, a weed-killer sprayed primarily on cornfields, can run off into rivers and streams that supply municipal water systems. As the Huffington Post Investigative Fund reported in a series of articles last fall, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Mar 8, 2010 - 8:01 PM PST
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 8, 2010

This is a very interesting development in an ongoing story that includes some good investigative reporting by independent media.

There is no information here on the suspected conflict of interests in the bush appointed EPA that approved this sex altering herbicide.

Last week, a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science reported that male frogs exposed to levels of atrazine below federal limits could become ... More »

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Patricia Blochowiak
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Mar. 14, 2010

When will we see lawsuits about triclosan, which is in almost all antibacterial products, such as soaps? Triclosan can't currently be removed from our drinking water, harms our health, and kills fish..

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Fred Gatlin
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 by Fred Gatlin - Mar. 16, 2010

This article is limited in information and facts. One fact is that atrazine has been around a widely used for decades. This is not limited to current and immediately past executive positions.

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Randy Morrow
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 by Randy Morrow - Mar. 9, 2010
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Barry Grossheim
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 by Barry Grossheim - Mar. 16, 2010

This is just the tip of the run off iceberg we face in cleaning up our waterways.

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