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House candidate calls for investigation into drinking water contaminants
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Friday, July 30, 2010
WILMINGTON, DEL. — Former Delaware Lt. Gov. and current U.S. House candidate John Carney has requested that a working group be assembled to study the link between contaminants in the state’s groundwater and cancer rates, The Associated Press reported.
Carney called for the investigation after a newspaper reported that little has been done to inform residents about pollution threats to their drinking water, the article stated.
“When you talk to people up and down the state, they’re convinced the cancer rates are caused by contaminants in the environment,” Carney said.
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