The Unholy Alliance
Part One
By Kathleen Deoul
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A CHEMICAL FEAST

Two studies by The U.S. Geological Survey show just how bad the problem has become. One examined water from 406 urban wells and 2,543 rural wells. It found that one or more volatile organic compounds (industrial solvents and related chemicals) were present in 47% of the urban wells and 14% of the rural wells. They affected the drinking water of as many as 50 million Americans. Included among the noxious chemicals the USGS discovered were benzene and xylene, both powerful carcinogens. The four chemicals detected most frequently trichloroethene and tetrachloroethen which are industrial solvents, methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) a gasoline additive and thrichloromethane (chloroform) which is a solvent and a byproduct of the disinfection of drinking water.

A second study by the USGS examined the presence of pharmaceutical products, hormones and other organic products in U.S. streams. These results were equally disturbing.

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