http://www.riverkeeper.org/get-involved/minimize-your-impact/watershed-pollutants/ According to the EPA, the leading source of pollution in surface drinking water supplies is polluted rainwater runoff. Many pollutants are found in legal, commonly used household products – cleaning chemicals for our homes, oil and gasoline for our vehicles, pesticides and fertilizers for our lawns, and pharmaceuticals for ourselves. Please help protect our […]

August 18th, 2010 | Tags: 4. Everything, Ag & Ecology, Beneficial Microbes, cleaning chemicals, drinking water, fertilizers, gasoline, oil, Permaculture, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, water pollutants | Category: 4. Everything, New York City, Non-MoS news | Comments Off on What we, at home, add to our municipal drinking water.