On AlterNet: water contamination
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "water contamination"
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. September 16, 2009.
Forty percent of the nation’s community water systems violated the Safe Drinking Water Act at least once, exposing over 23 million people to potential danger.
Elizabeth Royte, AlterNet. August 26, 2009.
Instead, we must fix our municipal systems and, most important of all, better protect our watersheds from chemical and other pollution.
Danielle Ivory, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. August 24, 2009.
One of the nation's most widely-used herbicides has been found to exceed federal safety limits in drinking water.
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. August 5, 2009.
Methane released from gas drilling has caused a fatal explosion and water contamination across seven counties in Pennsylvania.
Adam Federman, Earth Island Journal. June 25, 2009.
The paper published a story about the virtues of natural gas drilling that read like an industry power point presentation.
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. May 26, 2009.
Congress is having second thoughts about the environmental dangers posed by the burgeoning gas drilling industry.
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. April 30, 2009.
When houses are exploding because of gas seeping into well water, you know you have a serious problem.
Staff, Clean Water Action AlterNet: Water. April 30, 2009.
Watch this video to see a person light drinking water on fire as it comes out of the tap.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. March 25, 2008.
An AP journalist who helped lead an frightening investigative report considers the dangers posed to the country's drinking water.
Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch AlterNet: Water. March 11, 2008.
Contaminants in drinking water are a national problem that need a national solution.
