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Author: Elaine Shannon
Website: http://www.enviroblog.org/2009/04/sun-finally-so-saber-the.h…

Sun!

Finally!

The kid and husband were at a cycling race, so Saber the Wonder Dog and I drove out to the Shenandoah Valley and hit the trail that runs along the waterfalls. Last week’s rains were crashing down the rocks, and the spray smelled fresh and cool.

But nobody was drinking out of those seemingly pristine pools. I’d lugged a bottle of water from home, and so had the Boy Scouts, the exchange students, the families and toddlers, the dog walkers and the trout fishermen.

Nothing in the water that wasn’t natural. But we all knew that included bear scat, deer scat, fox scat , raccoon scat, dead crawfish and eau de possum. (Saber the W.D.’s fave.) And of course, those unforgettable little giardia bombs.

Which got me to thinking about some of the reactions to our perchlorate report, published last week. Our report highlighted a recent study by scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who had found perchlorate, a component of solid rocket fuel…

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