Although there's already at least one post on this blog about water pollution, if you care about your health, you may nevertheless want to read more via the links below, as conditions have (surprise) only gotten worse! "Almost four decades after Congress passed the Clean Water Act, the rate of water pollution violations is rising steadily. In the past five years, companies and workplaces have violated pollution laws more than 500,000 times. But the vast majority of polluters have escaped punishment."
- The New York Times
For more click here:
http://projects.nytimes.com/toxic-waters
...And please watch the video on the right of the page about one village in West Virginia.
To see how your area rates in terms of water quality, click here:
http://projects.nytimes.com/toxic-waters/polluters
... Indiana... yikes!!!
http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20090915/4aaf1f50_3421_1334520090915457481741
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