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High Weedkiller Levels Found In River Checks
Dec 14, 2007

Focus:Environment
Action Request:Read
Location:United States
Yet another insult upon our Mother and Her children:

High Weedkiller Levels Found In River Checks

Atrazine, the second most widely used weedkiller in the country, is showing up in some streams and rivers at levels high enough to potentially harm amphibians, fish and aquatic ecosystems, according to the findings of an extensive Environmental Protection Agency database that has not been made public. (see link below)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/08/AR2007120801451.html
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Posted: Friday December 14, 2007, 4:05 pm
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