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| EDB Update |
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EDB UPDATE is a monthly newsletter designed to provide continuing information
and answer the most frequently asked questions about EDB contamination in Florida
ground-water. It is compiled by the Department of Health and Rehabilitive Services
(HRS), Department of Environmental Regulation (DER), Department of Community
Affairs (DCA), and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS).
EDB Hotline: 1-800-342-3557
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EDB Threat To Drinking Water Grows Daily
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by Victoria Churchville of the Sentinel Staff |
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Florida agriculture officials applied massive doses of a cancer causing
pesticide to 10 times more land in the states citrus midsection than they
first reported, the Orlando Sentinel has learned. . . .
That the number of Florida drinking water wells known to contain the pesticide is swelling daily and is the only certainty about this chemical crisis, state officials said. . . . numerous federal health studies have linked it (EDB) to cancer, nerve damage, and sterility in humans. . . . . . . the chemical, which federal environmental officials say is the strongest carcinogen ever identified. . . . The map below shows where testing for EDB is being conducted and the general areas where EDB has been found.
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