Sentences with phrase «possible water contamination»

A spokesman for the health department, Jim Plastiras, says it was a staff person in the Department of Health's Bureau of Water Supply Protection who knew about the possible water contamination and who was trying to help Rensselaer County» understand the EPA protocols regarding unregulated contaminant», not the commissioner.

These vary during the different phases of well development and have different scales of impact: Vibration may affect only people very close to wells, whereas stress from, for example, concerns about possible water contamination may have a wider reach.

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Schumer said his bill would help daycare centers and schools across the state to test drinking water for possible lead contamination.

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo is assembling a Statewide Water Quality Rapid Response Team, which will be tasked with identifying and solving any possible contamination of drinking water, groundwater and surface wWater Quality Rapid Response Team, which will be tasked with identifying and solving any possible contamination of drinking water, groundwater and surface wwater, groundwater and surface waterwater.

Democratic Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney has penned a letter to U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, calling for an immediate investigation into the possible cause of PFOS contamination in Newburgh's main drinking water source — outfalls into retention ponds at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh.

In accordance with New York legislation signed into law on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, Union - Endicott Central School District began testing school drinking water for possible lead contamination.

Those include possible exposure to chemicals used in hydrofracking, potential contamination of drinking water sources, and health impacts from naturally occurring radium that could be brought to the surface through the gas drilling process.

Everyone has a role to play, from storing and disposing of hazardous household substances (including prescription and over-the-counter drugs) properly; installing water - saving devices in your home and to keep possible contamination sources safe distances from wells.»

Increased shale - gas production created a boom in some parts of the country but has also led to concerns over potential contamination of drinking water and possible human health impacts related to hydraulic fracturing.

i have read about the general causes of this such as the possible contamination from her own feces or beef / water.

Toguo explains the vases as larger than a human being, symbolizing our relationship to water, being both purifying and a possible source of contaminations.

While public criticism has recently been focused on the possible contamination from fracking waste products, Tuesday's action stems from complaints that the gas itself had seeped into the drinking water.

Obama's halt to the pipeline came despite a judge ruling in favor of the pipeline and against the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and other opponents, who wanted construction halted because they claim there may be possible contamination of drinking water and disruption to culturally important sites.

EPA headquarters, for example, shut down three investigations in Pennsylvania, Wyoming and Texas into possible well - water contamination after its regional investigators identified possible links to nearby oil and gas development.

Furthermore, the possible contamination from uranium, which could affect the Grand Canyon and 26 million downstream water users, is a risk many stakeholders have warned against.