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Former state toxicologist says nitrate drinking water standards are too lax | Great Lakes Now

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Former state toxicologist says nitrate drinking water standards are too lax

By Henry Redman, Wisconsin Examiner

A former Wisconsin state toxicologist who was involved in creating the state’s nitrate standards for drinking water in the 1980s alleges the science that has informed those standards for decades is deeply flawed and the standards should be stricter.

Dave Belluck, who worked as a toxicologist for multiple states and the federal government, says that “the science is the science” and regulating agencies, including the U.S.

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Bat from Grey-Bruce tests positive for rabies

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A bat from Grey-Bruce has tested positive for rabies and a person who was potentially exposed to the virus is receiving post-exposure treatment.  The little brown bat, which is the first animal rabies case in Grey-Bruce in 2024, was submitted for testing earlier this week as part of Grey Bruce Public Health’s investigation into a […]