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The Washington Post revealed in 2010 false data was knowingly used by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the premier public health agency in all the land, to support their claim that high levels of lead in Washington DC’s drinking water did not pose a public health risk to those who drank it. The agency misled the public that the lead-contaminated water was safe to drink. This even after CDC determined that children living in thousands of homes throughout our nation’s capital fitted with lead pipes were four times as likely to have elevated levels of lead in their blood One million or more people in the Washington DC and Virigina were exposed to drinking water contaminated with unsafe lead. The CDC claims were concluded by A House investigative subcommittee to be “Scientifically undefensible. As terrified District parents demanded explanations for the spike in lead in their water, the CDC hurriedly published its calming analysis, knowing that it relied on incomplete, misleading blood-test results that played down the potential health impact, the investigation found.
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Dow Chemical Company and Shell Oil knowingly included a highly toxic waste chemical in their fumigant pesticide products for more than 50 tears, rather than paying to dispose of it properly. The chemical, 1,2,3-trichloropropane (TCP), is a known carcinogen. Dow and Shell Oil contaminated drinking water in communities throughout the San Joaquin Valley By including TCP in their fumigants, which are widely used in California to kill nematodes.TCP was a hazardous waste, not a pesticide. It did nothing for farmers, but Shell and Dow knowingly used their fumigants as a way to dispose of it. The chemical, 1,2,3-trichloropropane (TCP), is a known carcinogen.TCP is considered a “garbage” chemical because it is a by-product of the plastics manufacturing process — it is not intentionally produced. By including TCP in their fumigants, which are widely used in California to kill nematodes, Dow and Shell Oil contaminated drinking water in communities throughout the San Joaquin Valley. Several cities are now suing both companies for cleanup costs.
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TCP was “reused” since Dow and Shell started manufacturing their respective fungicides, D-D and Telone, more than 50 years ago. According to testimony from chemical engineer Robert H. Schwaar, it was a regular practice in the chemical industry to avoid disposal costs by finding ways to incorporate toxic waste into new products. He explains: The disposing of waste is not inexpensive. But if you can recover some costs by using the waste in another product, then it’s all to the good. TCP has been detected in more than 200 Valley drinking water wells at levels much higher than the California public health goals. The chemical has been connected with several kinds of cancer including stomach, kidney, liver and pancreatic.
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Another example of a corporation incorporating waste into new products is the notoriously toxic fumigant methyl bromide. Originally a waste product from production of leaded gasoline and fire-resistant electronics, methyl bromide was marketed and sold as a pesticide by the Ethyl Corporation (a collaboration of Dupont, General Motors and Exxon.
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Using millions of gallons of water mixed with highly toxic chemicals like benzene, ethylene, glycol and napthalene and other unknown “trade secret”chemicals to smash open underground rock formations and extract natural gas energy companies are the most shocking contaminators of our water. null In Bainbridge Ohio a family’s home was blown clear off its foundation by an explosion caused by shoddy cement work in the fracking well near their property. Horror stories of tap water bubbling and hissing, smelling like chemicals, and even catching on fire and exploding, are disturbingly common. Federal officials investigating drinking water contamination have found wells in Wyoming fouled with chemicals used in the fracking process. null Visible oil slicks can be seen floating on the surface of the water and people are getting seriously ill. Keep in mind that this water isn’t just for drinking– people wash their clothes and themselves in it too. The implications are terrifying. Children who’ve showered or bathed in the water have suffered full-body chemical burns and the hair has been burned off the bodies of many animals. “How in god’s name can the oil industry dump shit in our drinking water and not tell us what it is?” asked Alan Hofer, a furious local who lives near a contaminated site.
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Part of the problem is that the toxic chemicals used in fracking are protected as trade secrets. When the EPA requested that nine natural gas drillers disclose which chemicals they use in the fracking process, eight of the companies complied. But oil services giant Halliburton declined, saying that asking for such information was “much like asking Coca-Cola to disclose the formula of Coke.” But Coke isn’t poisoning people’s drinking water. Here’s where things get really infuriating. As you probably already know, Dick Cheney was CEO of Halliburton before taking off with $34,000,000 and becoming George W. Bush’s Vice President. In that capacity, Cheney used his power to successfully lobby for fracking fluids to be exempted from the Clean Water Act. It should come as no surprise that Halliburton is one of the world’s leading frackers. The so-called “Cheney Loophole” has been used to great profit for Halliburton and great damage to the health of countless Americans.
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You can no longer depend on Federal or Local bureaucrats to insure your water is safe to consume. Federal agencies like the EPA are neutralized by the lobbying by Industry and their political cronies. Local officials are usually well intentioned but kept under budget restraints. It is up to each of us to ensure our water is safe for our families to consume. Have your water analyzed by a reputable testing labratory. Install the correct
water filtration system to remove the contaminates found in your water. Protect your family.
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According to a New York Times analysis of federal data, key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act have been violated by more 20% of the nation’s water treatment facilities over the last few years. Communities are reuired by the Safe Drinking Water Act to deliver safe drinking water to it’s residents. But since 2004, illegal concentrations of chemicals like arsenic or radioactive substances like uranium, as well as dangerous bacteria often found in sewage was present in the water of over 49 million American families. Regulators were informed of each of those violations as they occurred. According to regulatory records fewer than 6 percent of the water systems that broke the law were ever fined or punished by state or federal officials, including those at the Environmental Protection Agency, which has ultimate responsibility for enforcing standards.
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Don’t allow your children to drink unsafe water that may contain any number of harmful chemicals and drugs putting them in danger of serious health issues. Don’t think plastic bottled water is an answer, it’s just tap water in a plastic bottle at a high price.
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