Don’t Worry: It All Stops At the NJ Border
It Can’t Happen Here
[Update: 7/29/10 – this is practically the only “water quality” story written in NJ and first of all, it has very little to do with water quality, and nothing to do with coastal or ocean ecosystem health. Second, I blame the enviro’s as much as the press for letting this one misleading story dominate the coverage of the issue – and note the misplaced accountability focus on the counties, not DEP and EPA. That is pure politics : N.J counties delaying warnings, closures for beaches tested for poor water quality”
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Special Report: Delaware Drinking Water at Risk
What you haven’t been told about chemicals polluting the aquifer that serves Del., Md., N.J.
Delaware Drinking Water at Risk: Polluters pay for testing, leaving public in dark
In flawed system, ‘there’s not much accountability’
Metachem declared bankruptcy, walked away from debt and cleanup effort
Delaware Drinking Water at Risk: Filtering strongly recommended
Consequences of lifetime exposure to chemical pollution are unknown
Polluted water found statewide
Toxic plume lurks under Dover’s historic Green
Delawares Drinking Water at Risk: At decades-old bait shop, fear erodes a livelihood
And Let’s not forget that NY Times National Series: Toxic Waters:
U.S. Bolsters Chemical Restrictions for Water
Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly
Rulings Restrict Clean Water Act, Hampering E.P.A.
Tap Water Can Be Unhealthy but Still Legal
Millions in U.S. Drink Contaminated Water, Records Show
Sewers at Capacity, Waste Poisons Waterways
Cleansing the Air at the Expense of Waterways
Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells
Pollution Grows With Little Fear of Punishment
Debating How Much Weed Killer Is Safe in Your Water Glass
Delaware Drinking Water at Risk: Filtering strongly recommended
Consequences of lifetime exposure to chemical pollution are unknown
Polluted water found statewide
Toxic plume lurks under Dover’s historic Green
Delawares Drinking Water at Risk: At decades-old bait shop, fear erodes a livelihood
And Let’s not forget that NY Times National Series: Toxic Waters:
U.S. Bolsters Chemical Restrictions for Water
Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly
Rulings Restrict Clean Water Act, Hampering E.P.A.
Tap Water Can Be Unhealthy but Still Legal
Millions in U.S. Drink Contaminated Water, Records Show
Sewers at Capacity, Waste Poisons Waterways
Cleansing the Air at the Expense of Waterways
Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells
Pollution Grows With Little Fear of Punishment
Debating How Much Weed Killer Is Safe in Your Water Glass
Delawares Drinking Water at Risk: At decades-old bait shop, fear erodes a livelihood
And Let’s not forget that NY Times National Series: Toxic Waters:
U.S. Bolsters Chemical Restrictions for Water
Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly
Rulings Restrict Clean Water Act, Hampering E.P.A.
Tap Water Can Be Unhealthy but Still Legal
Millions in U.S. Drink Contaminated Water, Records Show
Sewers at Capacity, Waste Poisons Waterways
Cleansing the Air at the Expense of Waterways
Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells
Pollution Grows With Little Fear of Punishment
Debating How Much Weed Killer Is Safe in Your Water Glass