A FISH WITH CANCER RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT HEALTH OF SUSQUEHANNA RIVER

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19. I can believe people people swim in the Susquehanna like the fish and other wildlife

have done for ages- what's natural. The pollution of our rivers, tributaries, bays and lakes by industrial chemicals in the last 30 years of deregulation and pro business policies is enormous. Like water, the same is true for soil, air and food. *I expanded this reply to your comment for any interested readers of this serious subject.

Much is unknown by the larger public because of corporate owned Media, and policy changes and little to no regulation and oversight of industry by our regulatory agencies the EPA, FDA, and USDA (like the case with the banks). Federal and state agency regulators are often staffed and headed by industry insiders, like MONSANTO corporate lawyer MICHAEL R. TAYLOR who was appointed head of the FDA in Jan. 2010 by President Obama.
Agency funding is sometimes inadequate resulting in budget cuts, lower staffing and oversight.

I. FRACKING
Many Americans think our government is corrupted by money and private sector influence in many respects, especially the lack of safety regulation of our water, soil, air and food. There are approximately 80,000 chemicals in the environment, only about 5 of which are regulated in the US.
-In 2005 VP Dick Cheney pushed through the "HALLIBURTON LOOPHOLE" to prevent disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic gas FRACKING.

Between the recent use of FRACKING chemicals in hydraulic drilling for gas, and ATRAZINE, the No. 1 Herbicide for agriculture and residential lawn care that is a known endocrine disruptor, it's becoming clear that our environment, especially water is turning into a toxic stew that's resulting in lesions, cancers, infections and intersex abnormalities in fish and frogs, and cancers and other health problems in humans.
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Info. from the 'Comments Section' at the end of the 2015 WASHINGTON POST article *Link Below.
-Comment No. 1: Information that was conspicuously absent from the story: "officials started noticing lesions on local bass in 2005, Arway said." Please connect the dots a little here. 2005 is essentially when hydraulic FRACTURING for shale gas began in the Susquehanna Watershed.
-The SUSQUEHANNA was named one of America's "Most Endangered Rivers" in 2011 due to impact of FRACKING, largely from a massive spill that year into the tributary, Towanda Creek by Chesapeake Energy.
-Since 2005, one can find a list of contaminants associated with shale gas FRACKING that have made their way into the River. Is it any wonder the fish get cancer when they swim in a dumping ground for poorly regulated Fracking.

ARTICLES:

-Washington Post, May 5, 2015, "Why Smallmouth Bass with a Rare, Cancerous Tumor has PA Officials Worried" By Abby Ohlheiser
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/05/05/a-susquehanna-river-angler-

-Truthout, Feb. 12, 2014, "Time to End the Cheney-Halliburton Loophole", By Thom Hartmann :
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21828-time-to-end-the-cheney-halliburton-loophole

-Energy and Environment Publishing, Jan. 29, 2015, "HYDRAULIC FRACTURING: Senate Votes to Keep "Halliburton Loophole"; Regulation Stays with States" By Mike Soraghan, E&E reporter.
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060012514
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II. ATRAZINE
From the 2009 Washington Post article below and Wiki. Higher levels of Herbicide ATRAZINE are found in drinking water and may pose a health risk. ATRAZINE is the No. 1 Herbicide used in the US. It is made by Swiss agro-chemical giant Syngenta but is banned in Europe since 2004 due to the risk of groundwater contamination. Atrazine is a known endocrine disruptor that causes reproductive deformities, hormonal problems and cancers.
-Spikes of Atrazine are found in the water supplies of MIDWESTERN and SOUTHERN TOWNS in agricultural areas, where the Herbicide is applied to the vast majority of CORN, SORGHUM and SUGAR CANE fields.
Atrazine is also used on suburban lawns, golf courses and in other residential and commercial areas.

ARTICLES

-Washington Post, August 25, 2009, "Higher Levels of Herbicide (ATRAZINE) Found in Drinking Water May Pose Health Risk", By Kari Lydersen
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/24/AR2009082403051.html

-Wiki, ATRAZINE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrazine

-Reuters, April 25, 2013, "Heavy Use of Herbicide ROUNDUP Linked to Health Dangers" By Carey Gillam
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/25/roundup-health-study-idUSL2N0DC22F20130425



TOP HERBICIDE WEED KILLER PRODUCTS No. 1 and No. 2:

*ATRAZINE* by SYNGENTA

*ROUNDUP* with Glyphosate by MONSANTO