| Number | 24247 |
| Subject | Water |
| Source | Huffington Post Investigative Fund |
| State | DC |
| Year | 2009 |
| Publication Date | 08/23/2009; 08/27/2009; 09/01/2009; 09/04/2009; 10/07/2009; |
| Summary | The Environmental Protection Agency kept secret the high level of the herbicide atrazine found in the water supply of communities in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kansas. Residents were not alerted and were actually given false water readings from state and local authorities. |
| Category | Contest Entry |
| Pages | 21 |
| Keywords | atrazine; environmental protection agency; watershed; water; herbicide; weed-killer; Huffington Post Investigative Fund; drinking; safety; public; health; |
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