Community | September 05, 2009 | 5 comments

EPA's Failure To Publicize Drinking Water Data Prompts Agency, Congress To Rethink Policies

source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/04/epas-failure-to-publicize_n_277965.html

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"There is some evidence that Congress -- and the Environmental Protection Agency -- are rethinking their policies on a commonly used weed-killer after disclosures that the EPA failed to notify the public about high levels of the herbicide in drinking water.

As the Investigative Fund revealed last week, the herbicide atrazine has been found at levels above the federal safety limit in drinking water in at least four states. The chemical has been studied for its potential link to breast cancer, prostate cancer, and birth defects, and the EPA considers it to be a potential endocrine disruptor. It is banned in the European Union."



"For five years, the EPA has been collecting weekly tests of drinking water in about 150 watersheds, primarily in the Midwest, where farmers spray the herbicide on cornfields and other crops. The agency, however, never acted on the results. Nor had it ever published the data -- until tonight. EPA officials say they have now decided to make the test results available on their Web site."







For five years?
I am not that surprised.
It's always been this way: years and years later, after an other generation gets cancer that things like this get revealed and made available to the public.
Researches , investigations were done already years ago about this contamination and much more but always encountering incredulity.

We pay the price, our children do and will too unless we do something.







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5 comments // EPA's Failure To Publicize Drinking Water Data Prompts Agency, Congress To Rethink Policies

  • boywhocould
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      boywhocould  

    • oh i've been buying distilled drinking water for a decade now. . .based on the chance of something like this. I just don't believe talking about the enivitable failure of oversight will do much in hindsight, as there are no absolute answers, you can do everything right and still fail.

    • 2 years ago
  • lookatmypix
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      lookatmypix  
    • boywhocould:

      But people need to know about this.
      They need to know about EPA's failures even if irreversible.
      It is a way to spread awareness, people will start signing petitions,will start contacting members of the congress and take action in tiny ways that can change things.
      This is one of my favorite quotes, it always inspires me:
      “Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
      By St. Francis of Assisi

    • 2 years ago
  • csmonut
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      csmonut  

    • It has always amazed me that it takes 'years' to do a study. That's bull, and most people know it.
      I think the EPA and others just hope everyone forgets about the 'studies' and the results just fade away into some dark hidden corner of the basement.

    • 2 years ago
  • lookatmypix
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      lookatmypix  

    • To Boywhocould:
      Perhaps you are correct in that I have an agenda. I suppose I'm trying to promote a healthier lifestyle in my own way.

      Yes, five years after the fact is far too long to get these kind of answers, but maybe late IS better than never.

      What I'd like to know is this: How do you feel about the topic? Do you have any ideas on it? Any suggestions? Or maybe you're okay with it, I don't know. I am open to whatever you have to say, assuming you do have something to say.

    • 2 years ago
  • boywhocould
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