June 7, 2009 - Hastily approved access to a public water supply on Van Alstyne meant those residents no longer would be drinking water from private wells contaminated with toxic arsenic — at levels up to four times the federal standard.
The arsenic cluster was discovered last fall almost by accident after a physician found elevated levels of arsenic in one resident's blood. Word spread quickly, and dozens of well owners began to bombard Monroe County health officials with requests for arsenic tests. Most have been drinking bottled water ever since.
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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While you link to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle article from which you copied your text, it's important to credit them explicitly in the body of your blog entry as the authors of this text.
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