Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Threats to Your Water Supply Abound

The Devastating Impact of Fertilizers, Fracking, and Water-Hungry GMO’s

By Dr. Mercola
Polluted drinking water is a significant health threat that is sorely underreported and oft-ignored. A recent article in the Star Tribune1 highlights the very real struggle to access clean drinking water right here in the United States.
Drinking Water"Debbie Carlson can laugh at the irony: She's the wife of a well digger who can't find good water for his own family. Like one out of three wells in Dakota County, hers is so contaminated with nitrates she won't let anyone drink from it -- especially her 8-year-old granddaughter.
Most likely it comes from nitrogen used as fertilizer on the cornfields surrounding her home," Josephine Marcotty writes.2 "'Nitrogen was a great thing for the family farm,' Carlson said. 'But I am paying the price.'"
 
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 http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/01/15/minnesota-water-contamination-problem.aspx?e_cid=20130115_DNL_art_1