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Atrazine in US Drinking Water Found Widespread


Health & Wellness  (tags: water, risks, health, illness, humans, warning )

Angela
- 121 days ago - enn.com
A widely used pesticide known to impact wildlife development and, potentially, human health has contaminated watersheds and drinking water throughout much of the United States
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Botyfltiger E. (99)
Thursday August 27, 2009, 8:39 am
Noted Angela,
I always wonder what the EPA and other environmental groups thought was going to happen when all the crap they said was safe, knowing it wasn't, thought was going to happen after all of this junk started running into our water ways and wells.. Sucks I still think a lot of my health issues steam from this type of human neglect and disregard towards us other human.
 

Joycey B. (697)
Thursday August 27, 2009, 10:07 am
This is scarey. Thanks Angela.
 

Janet Hughes (375)
Thursday August 27, 2009, 10:30 am
OMG...I live in Illinois.

"The report reveals that all of the watersheds monitored by EPA and 90% of the drinking water sampled tested positive for atrazine. Contamination was most severe in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, and Nebraska...an estimated 33 million Americans have been exposed to atrazine through their drinking water systems."

Thanks for sharing this important information, Angela.

 

Be Kay (20)
Friday August 28, 2009, 4:55 pm
So, the anti bottled water people need to stop it!
 
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