Andrew's Blog

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Arsenic in Delano's Water




The Arsenic is 5 times the legal limit. 50 parts per billion, when the law required that it be 10 parts per billion by 2006. The Federal law was passed in 2004. 8 out of 11 of the wells used for Delano's water are beyond the legal limit. You can see that this does not affect much of the country. But our Central Valley is devastated by it because of the Arsenic in the pesticides used in the fields. This Arsenic is linked to both cancer and diabetes.