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Trace levels of wood preservations have been detected in the Floridian Aquifer close to a well drawing drinking water. A two-month investigation of soil and groundwater concluded that chemicals used in a wood treatment facility had migrated into the aquifer 156 feet below. Prolonged exposure to those chemicals can lead to bone marrow damage, anemia and cancer. The chemicals detected were found in relatively low concentrations. The site lies within the zone where 15 wells take water from the Aquifer.
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