The city of Burnsville, MN got so many complaints about the foul odor and taste in their drinking water that they brought in an outside water consultant to figure out what’s causing the problem. One resident described the city’s tap was as “Chlorinated, dirty, smelly, scummy pond water”. Independent testing confirmed chlorine levels at .7ppm [...]

The New York Times has compiled a dabase with data on more than 200,000 facilities that have permits to discharge pollutants and collected responses from states regarding compliance. The information in this database comes from the Environmental Protection Agency and the California State Water Resources Control Board.   Click here to see where Minnesota pollution comes [...]

WASHINGTON — The US Environmental Protection Agency announced on October 7 the that they will launch a comprehensive new evaluation of atrazine, one of the most widely used agricultural pesticides in the United States, to determine its effects on humans. The EPA’s plan calls for a September 2010 presentation of its evaluation, at which time [...]