Coffee, Tea, Contaminated Water?

A recent front page headline in the Gulf Coast’s daily paper, the Sun Herald, announced the latest in Katrina-related aftermath: “Rural wells may be in danger: Buried debris full of contaminants.� To date, “virtually no cancer-causing chemicals� have been detected. Virtually none? Good Lord! Who wants to drink, cook with, or bathe in water containing “virtually no cancer-causing chemicals�?

Wanna bet that Bush’s EPA will proclaim the water is safe to drink just as it had said the air around the Twin Towers was safe to breathe in the aftermath of 9-11? We’ll see how safe is “safe to drink.�