EZ Clear Water

There is some evidence that Congress — and the Environmental Protection Agency — are rethinking their policies on a commonly used weed-killer after disclosures that the EPA failed to notify the public about high levels of the herbicide in drinking water.

For five years, the EPA has been collecting weekly tests of drinking water in about 150 watersheds, primarily in the Midwest, where farmers spray the herbicide on cornfields and other crops. The agency, however, never acted on the results. Nor had it ever published the data — until tonight. EPA officials say they have now decided to make the test results available on their Web site.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/04/epas-failure-to-publicize_n_277965.html

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/04/epas-failure-to-publicize_n_277965.html