Letter Health Consultation: Prairie View Development Area, Altoona, Iowa, September 30, 2009.

摘要

This letter has been prepared as a consultation to evaluate human health impacts from runoff from a farm field adjacent to your property in the Prairie Vista Development of Altoona, Iowa. We understand your concern, and want you to know that the Iowa Department of Public Health's priority is to ensure that you have the best information possible to safeguard your health and the health of your family. That information is included in following paragraphs. At your request, personnel from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources visited your property on April 29, 2009, and collected a sample of water from the surface drainage way that runs through the backyard of your property. This water sample was analyzed for the chemicals atrazine, acetochlor, and desethyl atrazine. In addition to the sample that was obtained for chemical analysis, other measurements were taken from the water within the drainage way, as well as from the sump located inside the basement of your home. These measurements included pH, temperature, and ammonia levels. A follow-up visit by personnel from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources was completed on June 23, 2009 to collect additional water samples within the drainage way and a water sample from the sump located within the basement in your home.