Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams, 1999-2000: A National Reconnaissance, By Dana W. Kolpin, Edward T. Furlong, Michael T. Meyer, E. Michael Thurman, Steven D. Zaugg, Larry B. Barber, and Herbert T. Buxton, Environ. Sci. Technol.2002, 36,1202-1211 "To provide the first nationwide reconnaissance of the occurrence of pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic wastewater contaminants (OWCs) in water resources, the U.S. Geological Survey used five newly developed analytical methods to measure concentrations of 95 OWCs in water samples from a network of 139 streams across 30 states during 1999 and 2000." Research on Emerging Water Quality Issues, USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Can a Sewage-Contaminated Aquifer Naturally Clean Itself?, USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Iowans Complain About Fumes Des Moines Register, January 17, 2001 Giant hog farming cooperative in Minnesota violated state air quality rules 158 times last year Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 14, 2001 Should We Fear the Factory Farm? Massive livestock operations are raising troubling questions about water safety BY ANDREW NIKIFORUK AND DANYLO HAWALESHKA From Maclean's (Reader's Digest, Canada) Manure Storage Systems Impact Ground Water Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Report summary, April 2001 Link to above report prepared by the Minnesota Ground Water Monitoring and Assessment Program Back to Main Index Page