Chance of Rain blog asks, Which is dirty, the water or the study?
Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on December 21, 2009 at 5:50 amFrom Emily Green at the Chance of Rain blog:
“One of the recurrent themes in today’s round-up of the news highlights of the week carries troubling contradictions. Two reporters who do exemplary jobs covering their local water beats, Staci Matlock of the Santa Fe New Mexican and Janet Zimmerman of the Riverside Press Enterprise, quote local water managers saying that their water quality tests do not jibe with the ratings reported on December 12th by the Environmental Working Group, which were then later widely broadcast by the news media. … “
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