March 29, 2018 | Press Release
As many as one-third of America’s wildlife species are at increased risk of extinction, according to a new report by the National Wildlife Federation, the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society.
Riverweb news march 22, 2018
Read our RiverWeb News for March 22, 2018 with stories on Coal Ash Polluting Our Water, Give on World Water Day, and more.
Nitrates One-Pager Works Cited
Below are the works cited in the nitrates one-pager. Conservation Practices www.epa.illinois.gov/Assets/iepa/water-quality/watershed-management/nlrs/nlrs-final-revised-083115.pdf BBS symptoms can start at just 5 ppm cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.highlight/abstract/5379/report/F Nitrates in IL Community Water Systems water.epa.state.il.us/dww/index.jsp Birth Defects and nitrates Brender, J. D., Olive, J. M., Felkner, M., Suarez, L., Marckwardt, W., & Hendricks, K. A. (2004). Dietary nitrates and nitrites, nitrosatable drugs, […]
GROUNDWATER DATA SHOW COAL ASH POLLUTING OUR WATER
March 14, 2018 | Press Release
Prairie Rivers Network (PRN) has analyzed groundwater monitoring data released on March 2, 2018 by Illinois coal-fired power companies and found elevated levels of multiple contaminants, including antimony, arsenic, chromium, lead, and thallium, in exceedance of the Illinois Environmental Protect Agency Class II groundwater standards and/or U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s drinking water standards.
RiverWeb News March 8, 2018
Read our RiverWeb News for March 8, 2018 with stories on Illinois S.B. 2824 and H.B. 5130, Round-up for Good, and more.
