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3 Important Things To Know About Well Water

3 Important Things To Know About Well Water It’s estimated that about 20 million American households rely on the use of private wells. As all areas are different in terms of geography, industry and environmental factors, it can be hard to know if your H2O supply from a well is safe for consumption. Here are three important things that you should know if you rely on one of these devices. 1) These Systems Aren’t Typically Monitored by Municipalities Anyone who lives in a town, city or village ...[READ MORE]

Global Frackdown – Sept 22nd 2012

Join the Global Frackdown September 22nd 2012 Fracking for oil and gas poses a direct and immediate threat to our drinking water, our health and our communities. But the oil and gas industry is ramping up its PR machine to try and convince the public and decision makers that fracking is safe. It’s time to fight back in our communities with a Global Frackdown! There is a tremendous amount of organizing going on across the world to protect our water and our communities from fracking. Together as ...[READ MORE]

Atrazine Weed Killer Contaminates Drinking Water

RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—A new Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) report found that spikes in the water levels of atrazine, a common herbicide banned throughout Europe (but still legal here in the U.S.) could pose a public health risk. The hormone-disrupting chemical is used extensively in corn and sugarcane farming, but research has linked environmentally relevant levels of the herbicide with suppressed immune systems, thyroid problems, aggression, cancer, birth defects, learning ...[READ MORE]

Could Fracking Contamination be The Cause of Mystery Illness in LeRoy?

(CNN)-- In the tiny New York town of LeRoy, one thing is for sure; since October, 16 people suddenly have developed uncontrollable twitching and verbal tics. Three months later, they -- and the rest of the town -- are still wondering why. Doctors have diagnosed most of them with conversion disorder, saying that stress is the likely root of their physical problems. "What happens is there traditionally some kind of stress or multiple stressors that provoke a physical reaction within the body," ...[READ MORE]