December 20, 2023 | Blog Post
Pesticide pollution comes in many forms, and one type, herbicide drift, threatens our water across the state.
Herbicides
Danville Paper Publishes Prairie Rivers Network’s Guest Commentary on Atrazine
Danville’s drinking water supply, Lake Vermilion, has too much atrazine. Atrazine is an herbicide that is applied to corn fields in the spring. Some of that atrazine makes its way into ditches and streams that ultimately flow into the lake. Consequently, there are times following application when the water treatment plant owned by Aqua Illinois […]