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Maine releases study on drugs in drinking water - February 8, 2010 - Water Technology Online - A study by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection has found that even properly disposed of pharmaceuticals may find their way into the drinking water supply, according to an article on wmur.com.

North Pole water deemed safe to drink - January 21, 2010 - Fairbanks Daily News - Both wells that feed North Pole’s city water system have come up positive for trace amounts of the industrial chemical sulfolane, but a top water quality official for the state says there is no public health emergency.

AG Cuomo fines two upstate hospitals, three nursing homes for dumping drugs into water supply - January 13, 2010, New York Daily News - NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has hit two upstate hospitals and three nursing homes with fines for dumping drugs into the water supply.

EPA boosts vigilance on drugs in drinking water - December 25, 2009 - Associated Press - Federal regulators have sharply shifted course on longstanding policy toward pharmaceutical residues in the nation’s drinking water, taking a critical first step toward limiting some of the contaminants while acknowledging they could threaten human health.
By JEFF DONN

That Tap Water Is Legal but May Be Unhealthy - December 17, 2009 - The New York Times - The 35-year-old federal law regulating tap water is so out of date that the water Americans drink can pose what scientists say are serious health risks — and still be legal.
By CHARLES DUHIGG

Millions in U.S. Drink Dirty Water, Records Show - December 8, 2009 - The New York Times. - More than 20 percent of the nation’s water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act over the last five years, according to a New York Times analysis of federal data.

As Sewers Fill, Waste Poisons Waterways - Nov. 22, 2009 - The New York Times  - Today, sewage systems are the nation’s most frequent violators of the Clean Water Act. More than a third of all sewer systems — including those in San Diego, Houston, Phoenix, San Antonio, Philadelphia, San Jose and San Francisco — have violated environmental laws since 2006, according to a Times analysis of E.P.A. data.

Mass arsenic poisoning mystery solved - Nov. 16, 2009 - ABC Science - Researchers have finally worked out what led to the widespread release of arsenic into drinking water in rural Bangladesh, affecting millions of people.

California Gets Federal Help to Solve Water Crisis - Nov. 10, 2009 - Environment News Service - If approved by the voters next November, this measure would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $11.14 billion to finance a safe drinking water and water supply reliability program for California.

Water drinkers may have better diets - October 13, 2009 - Reuters - People who get much of their daily liquids from plain water rather than other beverages may have healthier diets overall, a study suggests.

Regulators Plan to Study Risks of Atrazine - October 7, 2009 - The New York Times - For years, agency officials said that atrazine in drinking water posed almost no risk to humans or the environment. As recently as this summer, E.P.A. staff members argued that current regulations were adequate.

School drinking water contains toxins - September 25, 2009 - Associated Press - An Associated Press investigation found that contaminants have surfaced at public and private schools in all 50 states — in small towns and inner cities alike.

Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells - September 18, 2009 - The New York Times - Runoff from all but the largest farms is essentially unregulated by many of the federal laws intended to prevent pollution and protect drinking water sources.

Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering. - September 13, 2009 - The New York Times - Violations of the Clean Water Act have risen steadily across the nation, an extensive review of water pollution records by The New York Times found.

Fed Probe Urged on Cancer Chemical in Marine Water - Feb. 18, 2010 - The New York Times - A North Carolina congressman said Thursday that he wants an investigation into reports that levels of a cancer-causing chemical in tap water at a Marine Corps base were downplayed and then omitted from official documents.

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