Good news! Creeks are safer for swimming

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By Nathanael JohnsonSep 11, 2014, 5:25 pm44 pts
I count this this brand new study as good news. Between 1992 and 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey found that 17 percent of streams it was monitoring contained enough pesticide that you’d start to worry about human health. Between 2002 and 2011, that dropped to just one — not 1 percent, but one stream out…

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