Comments on: Pesticide-Contaminated Well Water Linked to Increased Risk of Parkinson’s

By: DursbanInYourWater.com

DursbanInYourWater.com — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:02:52 +0000

Here are some facts about Dow’s chlorpyrifos well contaminations -
1)Dow required homeowners to use Dow’s decontamination procedure for wells before Dow would even test for chlorpyrifos.
2)Dow knew their decontamination procedure using super chlorination was converting odorous chlorpyrifos into non-odorous chlorpyrifos oxon.
3)Dow knew that chlorpyrifos oxon is 3,000 times more toxic to humans than chlorpyrifos.
4)Dow reported less than 2% of all well contaminations they dealt with even though FIFRA required them to report all.
5)The well contaminations that Dow did report are unverifiable because Dow refused to provide indentifable information to the EPA.

By: Jeannie Warzycki

Jeannie Warzycki — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:20:51 +0000

I am also interested in learning how to have the well tested as well as blood work for levels of pesticides. I reside in a rural area where farming of vegetables was done and now lavender.

By: Anne Wright

Anne Wright — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:14:06 +0000

Is there any good way for a private citizen to get water from a particular well and/or levels in their own blood tested for levels of various pesticides?