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Posted Fri Feb 27 2009: from
Forbes:
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25 more Oklahoma wells tested in E. coli probe http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1235749799
At least 25 more private water wells have been tested near a northeastern Oklahoma town where an E. coli outbreak last summer killed one man and sickened hundreds more, the state's Department of Environmental Quality said.... But earlier this month, Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson suggested that it could have been the result of contamination from nearby poultry farms.
He released a report concluding that the well at the Country Cottage "is, and has been, contaminated with poultry waste and associated bacteria, including E. coli." The report also noted 49 poultry houses within a six-mile radius of Locust Grove that have the capacity to produce 10,000 tons of waste a year.
The poultry industry has denied these claims, saying the DEQ testing did not identify "any link between bacteria in water wells and poultry."
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