City Desk » Frontline http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:36:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Drink Up, D.C. http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/04/22/drink-up-dc/ http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/04/22/drink-up-dc/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:17:41 +0000 Jule Banville http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=20629

Of 85 unregulated and, in some cases, unknown chemicals found in samples of the Potomac prior to it becoming our drinking water, 35 were still in there after it was "purified" at the aqueduct. This tasty takeaway—plus: hermaphrofrogs!—comes from the latest Frontline on PBS, "Poisoned Waters," which examines both the Chesapeake Watershed and the Puget Sound. It was on last night and it's online. Happy Earth Day.

]]> http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/04/22/drink-up-dc/feed/ 0