WHAT IS HAPPENING?
Our fish are dying. Many have a condtion called intersex. Many have sores. Our rivers, our drinking water, our bodies are polluted.
WHERE?
The Potomac, South Branch, Cacapon and Shenandoah Rivers, among others.
WHY?
It's complicated! We know it's pollution but still don't know what emerging contaminants and endocrine disrupters are causes.
ARE YOU AT RISK?
Maybe! Most city/town drinking water plants and bottling plants don't filter out personal care products, herbicides, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, & antibiotic hand cleaners, for example.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Don't flush away old or unused medications.
Maintain a signifcant buffer strip along waterways.
Don't use antibacterial hand cleaners.
Monitor your use of plastics.
Work to improve home/community sewage treatment plants and septic systems.
Work to get new product standards - products without contaminants. |
