Industrial Pollutants
“Dangerous levels of contaminants are showing up in more and more drinking water wells. Legislation alone can’t protect the water supply.”
– U.S. EPA.
- Industrial Pollutants in the News
- How Industrial Contaminants get in Your Water
- How to get a Low Cost or Free Water Test
According to the EPA, Most facilities which manufacture a product or provide a service use industrial chemicals and produce toxic wastewater.
Do you live within 50 miles of a facility that manufactures a product or a service?
Facilities such as these have been responsible for scores of contamination issues across the county. News media outlets across the county are constantly breaking stories about water contamination from Industrial Pollutants. Unfortunately, it is almost always after the fact; after local residents have already been exposed to toxic substances.
You might be tempted to think, “Well, that’s their problem. We don’t have problems like that here in my area.”
Water Tests Show Problems with Uranium & Other Unsanitary Contamination.
WMUR ABC 9 News reports that Tamworth, New Hampshire’s water supply contained bacterial contamination from rodent feces, and even Uranium contamination. Despite concrete evidence, the city’s water supplier replies “I don’t believe it.”
Industrial Pollutants in groundwater linked to Childhood Leukemia, other disease
Radioactive Groundwater Found At Beaver Valley Plant
WTAE – TV4 Pittsburgh interviews a Shippingport, PA city councilman who is suffering from his second bout of cancer. “A lot of people here have cancer”, he says. The power plant supervisor replies “…people shouldn’t be worried.”
What the Water Gave Me
A Tucson, AZ resident chronicles her hearth-wrenching personal story of family stomach cancer, lupus, and other diseases; all possible consequences of environmental toxins, in this case Trichloroethylene (TCE).
Congress Acts to Take Rocket Fuel out of Drinking Water
Perchlorate, a key component in rocket fuel, has reached almost 100% exposure in the U.S. Perchlorate can affect Thyroid Hormone levels. This inhibits brain development in fetuses and newborn babies. Pregnant women and nursing moms need to be aware.
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers finds TCE contamination in local groundwater
TCE, a chlorinated solvent linked to liver problems and increased risk of cancer, is found in Nebraska.
$10 Million Settlement in Water Contamination Case
WMAQ – TV5 Chicago, reports that 186 families were paid $10 million in a settlement for exposure to cancer-causing chemicals in the ground.
Get the full story HERE
Neighbors, groups fight Georgia-Pacific. They want chemical wastewater pond removed.
The Columbus Dispatch reports Georgia-Pacific of Columbus settles for $22 million due to chemical waste exposure from a 1997 plant explosion. Over 10 years later, the company still has not removed the chemical wastewater pond believed responsible.
See the ARTICLE for more.
City residents continue to fight. More info at: Ohiocitizen.org
How Industrial Contaminants get in Your Water
The contamination of our water is directly related to the degree of contamination of our environment as a whole.
Rainwater flushes airborne pollution from the skies, and then washes over the land before running into the rivers, aquifers, and lakes that supply our drinking water. For these reasons, any and all chemicals generated by human activity can and will find their way into water supplies.
Groundwater Works
Animated - Groundhogs sing us a song about Groundwater. Concepts cover the historical path of water, uses of water and dangers groundwater faces
Groundwater Contamination – how it happens
Dr. Barb Mahler of the US Geological Survey and the University of Texas explains how everyday contaminants can infiltrate drinking water.
Shallow Disposal Systems: what they are and what they mean for your drinking water
This video was produced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to alert local leaders to a potential source of pollution which they often overlook--shallow disposal systems. It only takes one such system to pollute an entire drinking water supply.
How to get a Low Cost or Free Water Test
At any time during your browsing of NationalWaterCouncil.org, you can register to have your local NWC Certified Partner conduct a Free Water Analysis or Low Cost Lead Screening.
