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...addition to these poisons, the river harbors at least 28 varieties of viruses and an unknown number of bacterial strains, including typhoid, cholera, hepatitis and the three known types of polio virus. According to Gruenberg, bacteria levels routinely reach 1,000 times the maximum level set by the EPA as safe for bodily contact. Though no one uses the water for drinking or irrigation, infected drifts of foam from Mexican laundry detergents are sometimes scattered by the wind, and Cottrell fears an epidemic is inevitable. At greatest risk are illegal immigrants, who occasionally venture into the polluted suds to swim...
...EPA questioned the methodology and conclusions of the Grace report, which stated that materials deposited at the site and since removed have not contaminated the area's groundwater and does not pose a health risk to nearby residents...
...EPA officials said the Grace report was not supported by convincing evidence, and concerned residents fear that chemical operations in the past may pose some health hazards, said Chalfen...
Michael J. Nalipinski, the EPA official who is studying the report, is sharply critical...
...EPA has had a very difficult time coming up with the same conclusions that Grace has, based on the same information," he said...