Saturday, November 12, 2011

Advocacy Project: Healthy People/THOMAS

EH-5 Reduce waterborne disease outbreaks arising from water intended for drinking among persons served by community water systems
Baseline: 7 outbreaks per year developed from water intended for drinking among persons served by community water systems in 1998–2008
Target: 2 outbreaks Target-Setting Method: Modeling/projection
Data Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC, NCID, and State health departments.


S.875 -- Drinking Water Right to Know Act (Introduced in Senate - IS)

A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require additional monitoring of certain contaminants, and for other purposes.
Latest Title: Drinking Water Right to Know Act
Sponsor: Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] (introduced 5/3/2011) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 5/3/2011 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Recommendation: Vote Yes for S.875 -- Drinking Water Right to Know Act

My Political Representatives: Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken

3 comments:

  1. I think that these are both really important bills. Our drinking water is important and we need to monitor whats going into our water.

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  2. I also think it is important for us as the public to know these facts and that we should vote Yes to this bill

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  3. I'm doing a water related topic too! Water is very important for our survival!

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