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Tell Congress to Keep Sewage Out of Our Drinking Water!
Target: The U.S. CongressSponsored by: League of Conservation Voters
Two phrases you never want to see in the same sentence: drinking water and "sewage blending." And yet, that's the Bush Administration's new plan for your water supply!
Incredibly, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is about to relax restrictions on dumping sewage into our waterways. Their plan would allow water treatment facilities to release sewage filled with human wastes, toxins, bacteria, viruses, parasites and other pollutants into our drinking water.
"Sewage blending" poses a serious threat to our health and our communities. Sewage that has not been fully treated carries diseases such as cholera, hepatitis, respiratory infections, and others which can be life threatening for those with weakened immune systems.
In addition to the health hazards, sewage dumping will have adverse, long-term environmental and economic consequences. Sewage in our waterways forces beach closings, increases the cost of drinking water filtration, damages coral reefs, shuts down shellfish beds, and robs the water of oxygen that fish need to breathe.
This proposal is so outrageous, we've got to get EVERYONE to take action to defeat it. Urge Congress to support the Save Our Waters from Sewage Act (H.R. 1126) to protect our families, children and communities from unsafe drinking water!
A vote on this bill could come as soon as May 19th, so please act today! Your help is critical to LCV as it works to protect our families from unsafe drinking water and to shape a pro-environment Congress and White House.
Incredibly, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is about to relax restrictions on dumping sewage into our waterways. Their plan would allow water treatment facilities to release sewage filled with human wastes, toxins, bacteria, viruses, parasites and other pollutants into our drinking water.
"Sewage blending" poses a serious threat to our health and our communities. Sewage that has not been fully treated carries diseases such as cholera, hepatitis, respiratory infections, and others which can be life threatening for those with weakened immune systems.
In addition to the health hazards, sewage dumping will have adverse, long-term environmental and economic consequences. Sewage in our waterways forces beach closings, increases the cost of drinking water filtration, damages coral reefs, shuts down shellfish beds, and robs the water of oxygen that fish need to breathe.
This proposal is so outrageous, we've got to get EVERYONE to take action to defeat it. Urge Congress to support the Save Our Waters from Sewage Act (H.R. 1126) to protect our families, children and communities from unsafe drinking water!
A vote on this bill could come as soon as May 19th, so please act today! Your help is critical to LCV as it works to protect our families from unsafe drinking water and to shape a pro-environment Congress and White House.
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# 17,650:
5:49 pm PDT, May 21,
Walt Howard, North Carolina
# 17,649:
5:38 pm PDT, May 21,
Serge Vrabec, Oregon
# 17,648:
2:02 pm PDT, May 21,
Raymond Linnastruth, California
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12:01 pm PDT, May 21,
Cynthia Stevens, Utah
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11:40 am PDT, May 21,
Carolyn Leath-Watson, Canada
# 17,645:
3:34 pm PDT, May 20,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 17,644:
2:46 pm PDT, May 20,
Name not displayed, California
Water hydrates you, keeps you going, and is the most healthy beverage that a person can have. Even you congressmen will be drinking the water at some point when there is sewage. This puts all of America in jeopardy!
Water hydrates you, keeps you going, and is the most healthy beverage that a person can have. Even you congressmen will be drinking the water at some point when there is sewage. This puts all of America in jeopardy!
# 17,643:
10:39 am PDT, May 20,
Crystal Romero, Florida
# 17,642:
5:08 pm PDT, May 19,
Heather Yates, Texas
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11:13 am PDT, May 19,
Spencer Hamilton, Michigan
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6:48 am PDT, May 19,
K Brunson, North Carolina
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4:19 pm PDT, May 18,
Christine Levinson, California
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1:23 pm PDT, May 18,
Charlene Nicholson, Kentucky
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10:02 am PDT, May 18,
Name not displayed, New York
# 17,636:
9:39 am PDT, May 18,
Ryvre Song, Texas
# 17,635:
6:21 am PDT, May 18,
Jennifer Reed, New Jersey
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11:33 pm PDT, May 17,
Summer Griffin, California
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12:34 pm PDT, May 17,
Kathy Douglass, Alaska
# 17,632:
2:24 am PDT, May 17,
Leigh Black, Washington
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2:54 pm PDT, May 16,
Roberto Acosta, New York
# 17,630:
12:14 pm PDT, May 16,
S. Mahaffey, California
# 17,629:
9:03 am PDT, May 16,
Georgette Imbesi, Arizona
# 17,628:
8:13 am PDT, May 16,
Ron Hatteberg, Oregon
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10:10 am PDT, May 15,
Fatimah Waheed, Florida
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7:44 am PDT, May 15,
Penny Brackley, Maine
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10:05 am PDT, May 14,
Kenyetta Jones, New Jersey
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4:15 am PDT, May 13,
Muriel Koyce, Ireland
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10:49 pm PDT, May 12,
Tiffany Ayala, Florida
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3:10 pm PDT, May 12,
Greg Halford, Kansas
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2:58 pm PDT, May 12,
Ruth Kobrin, Canada
# 17,620:
12:32 pm PDT, May 12,
Dawn Maraldi, Florida
This is the most outrageous plan to date. There are endless microbiological contaminants in sewage and the 'chemicals' required to kill these microbes are just as toxic to the environment as our bodies. Have you ever wondered why the anus is so far away from the mouth? I oppose this toxic and deadly plan to contaminate our water supply and our bodies and if this is the thinking of the EPA, we as voters need to make a change!
This is the most outrageous plan to date. There are endless microbiological contaminants in sewage and the 'chemicals' required to kill these microbes are just as toxic to the environment as our bodies. Have you ever wondered why the anus is so far away from the mouth? I oppose this toxic and deadly plan to contaminate our water supply and our bodies and if this is the thinking of the EPA, we as voters need to make a change!
# 17,619:
9:44 am PDT, May 12,
Ric Watkins, Arizona
# 17,618:
11:42 pm PDT, May 10,
Molly Lang, Missouri
# 17,617:
11:18 pm PDT, May 10,
Jaime Cammarata, RD, Pennsylvania
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9:37 pm PDT, May 10,
Melissa Sesta, Florida
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10:25 am PDT, May 10,
Luther B. Smith, Mississippi
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8:34 am PDT, May 10,
Meri Visceglia, New York
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7:24 am PDT, May 10,
Karen Keller, Florida
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8:25 pm PDT, May 9,
Diane Priami, Tennessee
It should be a no brainer....While your looking into this why not ban giving sewage sludge to farmers to grow our food crops in.
It should be a no brainer....While your looking into this why not ban giving sewage sludge to farmers to grow our food crops in.
# 17,611:
2:22 pm PDT, May 9,
Michael Trueblood, Arizona
# 17,610:
7:37 am PDT, May 8,
Erin A Mitchell, Nebraska
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6:55 am PDT, May 8,
Daniel Goldman, New York
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4:26 pm PDT, May 7,
Nicole Dorer, Maryland
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3:07 pm PDT, May 7,
Bobbi Taylor, Florida
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12:04 pm PDT, May 7,
Hazel Matich, Illinois
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7:21 pm PDT, May 6,
Rachel Twardy, Florida
# 17,604:
4:31 pm PDT, May 6,
Sara Minor, California
# 17,603:
3:07 pm PDT, May 6,
Melissa Kinchen, Louisiana
you have got to be kidding...right?
you have got to be kidding...right?
# 17,602:
5:59 am PDT, May 6,
Amy Stanberry, Florida
this is a no brainer! did you think we wouldn't notice?!
this is a no brainer! did you think we wouldn't notice?!
# 17,601:
2:32 am PDT, May 6,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania