Millions in US use well water, few test it enough to make sure it's safe

21 pointsposted 18 hours ago
by rntn
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6 Comments

exabrial

15 hours ago

I grew up on well water. Survived. My dad tests it once in awhile. Occasionally throws some bleach down the well.

Honestly the most problematic crop is Corn for so many reasons other than the ones mentioned here. We need to stop putting ethanol in gasoline in the US, but for whatever reason, the EPA refuses to act on this.

foundart

14 hours ago

> Ethanol mandates are a marvelous candidate for deregulation--but they are caught in the middle of such a withering cross fire of special-interest groups that nobody in the White House wants to touch the issue with a 10-foot pole

https://archive.ph/abKVs

whalesalad

11 hours ago

There are lots of things that can kill you, like lead and arsenic. It’s not just a matter of pouring a little bleach down the well.

I have a whole house arsenic filter. It’s like a water softener but sits before the softener.

bankcust08385

11 hours ago

Unscientific and anecdotal survivor bias.

user

13 hours ago

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blackeyeblitzar

15 hours ago

Well this problem will be “solved” by the quickly dropping water table in much of America. I’m not sure why we don’t talk about the consequence of high yield water hungry crops. You’re basically shipping vast quantities of water out of an ecosystem in a way that doesn’t get sustainably replenished each season.