The residents of Midland, Texas are battling well water contaminated with hexavalent chromium, a known human carcinogen. It’s the same carcinogen found in Hinkley, California’s water that environmental activist Erin Brockovich successfully fought. The potable water is testing at extremly high levels. Here’s a link to the story and another link to the Daily Kos blog post.
A good article from the USA today on testing of well water depends on location.
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[...] Critique Daily Kos Drive for insurance profits harms health care Louisville Courier-Journal West Texas town has badly tainted well water – sensafe.com 07/13/2009 The residents of Midland, Texas are battling well water contaminated with [...]
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