Toxic Waters - Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering - Series

New York Times by Charles Duhigg | Sep. 13, 2009 (Investigative Report)
Jennifer Hall-Massey knows not to drink the tap water in her home near Charleston, W.Va.

In the past five years, companies and workplaces have violated pollution laws more than 500,000 times. But the vast majority of polluters have escaped punishment. Full Story »

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Public service investigation that shows government regulators are not funded to enforce the safety of the key ingredient of healthy life: water.

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    Democracy Now, NYT by Amy Goodman, Charles Duhigg | Sep. 14, 2009 (Investigative Report)
    chemical companies have violated the Clean Water Act more than 500,000 times in the last five years. Most of the violations have gone unpunished, with state regulators taking ...
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