Got a kick out of this guy's last name in the article:
"Benjamin Grumbles, EPA's assistant administrator for water..."

Arrgh.

Toxic Chemicals in our drinking water?
Oh, well, we're ok then-according to the EPA? No need to clean it up?

Yeah, I believe that....since the determination was made by bushitter's appointee.

NOT!

Water is best when its out of a bottle from a store apparently.

It appears that the issue isn't about getting clean drinking water, it is about who will be liable if the standard is raised.

Clean water is highly overrated.

Just ask the Chinese.

I rent a house in houston in a very old neighborhood and each estate lot has a separate deep well.

We recently got a letter from the EPA about this very subject. This neighborhood is probably 1 mile by 1 mile and a band of 2 or 3 wells showed some level of this stuff, but the letter said it was a natural by-product of crude oil in the soil. It also said that all the wells in the neighborhood were to be tested every year to see if any contamination showed up. The letter told the results of each houses wells over the years as they were checked. Ours showed no contaminates at all.

Apparently this is a superfund cleanup issue.

The affected houses were fitted with special filters to capture the contaminant.

I called them and they were very helpful and explained everything, gave me some web-sites to go to etc... When i first got the letter, i was ready to move but i actually felt that they were competent and helpful (strange for a gov't agency, huh?).

"states have acted on their own. In 2007, California adopted a drinking water standard of 6 parts per billion. Massachusetts has set a drinking water standard of 2 parts per billion."

As it should be.
Now get busy with your state if you want action.... stop bitchin'.

The Water Wars will not be televised....but they have already begun.

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

-Putny Swope

"Who'da thunk?"

Posted by ness_gadol

Pretty much all the chemists graduated in my lifetime.

Today my physician asked his assistant what a slide rule was; She didn't know.

My K&E log-log decitrig weeps.

it would be _helpful_ to what the 35 states are, anybody?

that is, to *know*... sorry,

but can private companies test their own cattle for mad cow disease?

eat and drink up!

Sounds like it's time for the municapities to take control of their water and make it safe no matter what the EPA says. After all, the Feds don't bring us the water -- the local governments do. They have full control over it.

It's kind of like the Feds saying that a certain amount of xray radiation is acceptable. But I don't believe it and I avoid xrays at all cost.

Water is best when its out of a bottle from a store apparently.

Do you ever look at the source of the water on the bottle? I get a kick watching people buy a gallon of bottled water at the HEB here in San Antonio. If you look at the label at the source, it says, "San Antonio municipal water system". LOL People pay 79c/gal for what they could get for 2c/gallon out of the tap

Also, hagbard, you imply that if the fed says so much of a substance is permissible, it is there. That is not always the case. If you ask for a report from your local water provider, they can give you a full analysis of what is in it. At least SAWS does here in SA.

I get a kick watching people buy a gallon of bottled water at the HEB here in San Antonio.

#16 | Posted by goatman at 2008-09-24 11:36 PM | Reply

Memphis has some of the finest tap water in the US, and when I lived there I knew of several companies that were putting it into designer bottles and selling it to dumb rich people (Liberals). The source on the label was:

The unique Memphis Sands formation which provides the most pristine natural water in North America.

(I read somewhere that the three best municipal water supplies in the country were in New York City (from reservoirs fed by snow melt) Memphis, with its artesian wells, and ............ of all places ........ Davenport, Iowa ....... which pulls it from the Mississippi River.

t would be _helpful_ to know what the 35 states are, anybody?

#12 | Posted by ichiro at 2008-09-24 10:22 PM | Reply

the article says California and the Southwest -- no surprise considering the amount of military activity and military contractors.

Here's a site, with links to various sites and actions:

And yet, the EPA wants to force every city near an ocean to completely replace their sewage systems. What's up with that?

Memphis has some of the finest tap water in the US, and when I lived there I knew of several companies that were putting it into designer bottles and selling it to dumb rich people (Liberals)

Vernon- whatever your name is- you are a horses ass.

I now must apologize to horses asses around the world for the comparison.

"dumb rich people"

If they're dumb how did they get rich?

Just wondering.

Wadda country.

"If they're dumb how did they get rich?"

By following the Paris Hilton Plan. Picking the right parents.

"Picking the right parents."

Posted by nullifidian

Ah yes, the lucky sperm club.

"The unique Memphis Sands formation which provides the most pristine natural water in North America"

I call bullshit on that.

We don't need the EPA anyway, corporations wouldn't do anything wrong because they can self regulate. They wouldn't do anything wrong because it would be bad for business.

LOL!!!!!

BushC's War on Terra has been one of their least mentioned screw-ups in terms of ink and yet it may ultimately prove to be the most impactful of their many blunders over the long term.

From fudging data to make it look like Man-Made Global Warming/Climate wasn't real to rolling back clean water standards to hiring energy lobbyists like Lisa Jaegar and putting them in top positions at the EPA, there appears to be no depths to which the reptilicans will not sink.

Bad Water, Foul Air, Tainted Earth, strained Foreign relations, Domestic economic turmoil, A nation at war abroad and with itself.

If there is an aspect of American life that "King Midas in Reverse" aka Dumbya hasn't fucked up yet Spud can't think of it.

Be Well.

If there is an aspect of American life that "King Midas in Reverse" aka Dumbya hasn't fucked up yet Spud can't think of it.

Be Well.

#28 | Posted by dethspud

Considering your not an American, why do you care? Oh yeah, Canada - enough said.

Who is the leader of Canada again spud? Nevermind, doesn't matter a whit.

Hey Elcid

You wonder why a Canadian would care. I wonder why so many Americans- I'm guessing yourself included, WOULDN'T care that their president is a complete failure. And that's putting it mildly.

I'm American. I care. And I completely agree with Spud.

Mad, I do care - I would say most if not all people on this website care - why else would we be here?

Bush has done bad things - some good, but mostly bad. He is not a complete failure, as Carter was not. He shoulders the brunt of the criticism because he is the chief. And because Rush L. pissed off the left so much for 8 years they had to have their own pound of flesh. I truely believe if Lincoln was president after Clinton, the left would crucify him - just for their pound.

And Mad, most Americans don't care until it affects their pocketbook. Sad but true. Of course most of us "caring" Americans go to work everyday, pay our bills, pay our taxes, raise our kids and do not have time to "care" too much. It seems the kind that have time to "care" only "care" about what happens to them.

Interesting. There's a lot of bad stuff in the ground and in our air and waters, and the EPA during teh Bush Cheney years hasn't actually created an aura of confidence in its concern for public health versus corporate waelth. Sad.

Elcid, I appreciate the explanation. Perhaps most Americans dont care till it costs because they're too busy with their lives. Many on this board seem not to care and are here to troll and make a game of it.

Dont know about the 'pound of Lincoln's flesh.' I couldn't stand sleazy Clinton- voted for Nader because Gore stood by Bill on impeachment day and said, 'this is the greatest president we've ever had' or words to that effect. I gave Bush a chance, but it didn't take long to see the malpractice and start calling him out on it. The reasons Clinton was impeached are MINUSCULE to what Bush has brought to this country and the rest of the world.

I never heard the term 'war crimes' when it came to Bill like I do now. Several members of the current administration cant get off an airplane in various countries without the chance of being arrested and put in front of an international war tribunal.

Hundreds of thousands of DEAD Iraqi civilians because of a rush to war on bullshit so-called evidence. And we knew it at the time (many of us did- including the weapon inspectors), just like we knew deregulation would bring out the greed of big business at the expense of the citizens who pay their way. Which brings us back to the EPA and it's malpractice. And FEMA, and the so-called Clean Air act, and spying on innocent citizens, and legalizing torture, and the Constitution's a goddam piece of paper, and so on and so on.

OK- he helped with the AIDS epidemic in Africa. Other than that, pretty much a miserable president and despicable human being.