- That 50% of East End private wells and 23% of public wells tested by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services showed detectable levels of pesticides. 1
- That links between pesticides and cancer have been confirmed.
- That you can have a beautiful lawn and garden without jeopardizing the health of your family.
- That 50% of East End private wells and 23% of public wells tested by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services show detectable levels of pesticides*. The Suffolk County Water Authority's "Public" water and our "Private Wells" both get their water from the same place--the ground.
- That the most commonly used products to kill weeds has been found to be linked to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- Children are particularly vulnerable to health and developmental problems when exposed to toxic chemicals such as pesticides.
- What you put on the ground eventually comes out of your faucet.
- that women exposed to pesticides and other environmental toxins during pregnancy pass these toxins along to their fetuses?
- that pesticides have been found in human amniotic fluid in which fetuses float during gestation?
- that birth defects and childhood disorders--such as learning disabilities, asthma, autism--and types of cancer have been linked to pesticides and weed killers?
- that you can have beautiful lawns and gardens without using dangerous chemicals?
- that the Suffolk County Water Authority (SCWA) is not a government agency but a non-profit public-benefit corporation. Its business is to purvey water.
- that SCWA is the only Public Water Company on the South Fork and needs to tap our groundwater reservoir to do its job.
Yet...
- SCWA does not have a Master Plan to Protect, Conserve, and Manage the South Fork's fragile drinking water reservoir.
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1. In a non-random sampling of areas where it was thought contamination would be likely as in/near agricultural areas.
Get an annual health-check of your well by calling Suffolk County Dept. of Health Services at 631-853-2250
For more information or to join us in our effort to save our drinking water call (631) 725-6200.
 South Fork Groundwater Task Force
PO BOX 2360 Sag Harbor, NY 11963
Phone/Fax: 631 - 725 - 6200
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