Hi Mary and Al (in particular)
I subscribe to the Worker Protection Standard list which discusses
all sorts of pesticide regulation issues daily. I'll forward contact
info after I get back to the office, if you like.
What really twarks me is the assumption that "government" can allow
industry to leak, spill and dump its byproducts into our ground and
ground water and then I can pay for a community system to provide
cleaned water because it is now dirty. We have all seen pollution
clean-ups where the "solution" is to provide bottled or municipal
treated water to home owners. Am I the only one that resents the HELL
out of not having clean good water to drink right in the ground where
it is supposed to be?
On Tue, 20 Jun 1995 08:18:12 -0600 you wrote:
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>The point is, do we REALLY know what is being used?? HOW do we know?? I
>agree that some common sense should be applied. And I think the federal
>government should do ALL the testing--so that "small systems" are not
>overwhelmed by the cost.
>
>I would argue that the water supply (both surface water and groundwater) is
>worse off than is commonly believed. Surface water is a bigger problem at the
>moment, only because it is so much easier to contaminate--or at least the
>evidence is visible sooner. But nothing is unconnected--surface water systems
>reacharge groundwater systems.
>
>Yes, testing is expensive. So is a poisoned water supply.
>
>Mary.
>
>
>_________________________________________________________________________
>Mary Simmons
>U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division
>Albuquerque, New Mexico
>(505)262-5332
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Carol Meeds
Jupiter, FL
