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Polymers as a clearing agent. In theory, if the correct amount is used, all <br /> the polymers will be removed with the precipitated sedimentation they <br /> are intended to remove. But in a municipal system if they don't use <br /> enough, the water is cloudy and they get complaints, so guess if they use <br /> the correct amount or use a little extra? They often use a little extra <br /> which then leaves some in the water. Polymers are not good for your <br /> health. There are so many possible contaminates and it can take years <br /> to affect people. The cancer rate is very high now. Avoid bad water. <br /> In Chico, he said, they have dry cleaning fluid contaminating the water. <br /> He feels it is best to get pure water from a good source. <br /> Mike Clark of Clark Well Drilling Co. told me on May 1 Oth that the pumps a <br /> brand they had never before used were ordered and installed in 1984. <br /> Twenty of them for the Marley extraction wells. <br /> More Questions & Answers asked by Dave Murray (DHM) of Duncan Austin <br /> (DA) 916-255-3706 on May 15, 2000. <br /> DHM: Is a map available showing the plume in East Stockton? <br /> DA: Yes. He will send the oldest and newest map to me by mail. <br /> DHM: How were well users (or public water users) informed of the danger <br /> of chrome 6 in the water and when were they informed? <br /> DA said if wells are found to have toxins in them the well is shut down. <br /> No one is informed that they have been drinking bad water in the past. <br /> Marley would not want to inform any one because they would be <br /> admitting they did something wrong and would then be more liable to be <br /> sued. This is an area that is not well defined. His state agency cleans <br /> up spills but does not notify people unless the well has to be shut down. <br /> As an example, he said that the Aerojet site the lawyers put adds in the <br /> newspaper asking for anyone who had been drinking water in the area to <br /> contact them. This was the first notice for many there. Another state <br /> agency, The Department of Health Services Environmental Health Division <br /> does etiology studies, the branch of medicine that investigates the <br /> causes and origins of disease. They do this to try to determine how <br /> much and which kind of toxic chemical makes people sick. These efforts <br /> are not for warning people, just to get data on the relationship of toxics <br /> and illness. They publish the results in scientific journals. <br /> 4 <br />