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Poisoned Waters

Two decades after the Clean Water Act was supposed to make America’s waters clean enough for swimming and fishing, the great coastal estuaries of Puget Sound and the Chesapeake Bay are in perilous condition. Frontline, Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. on KUAT6 and HD by Colleen Greer

With polluted runoff still flowing in from industry, agriculture and massive suburban development, scientists fear contamination to the food chain and drinking water for millions of people. A growing list of endangered species also is threatened in both estuaries.

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Dead menhaden along the shore of Bear Neck Creek

As a new president, Congress and states set new agendas and spending priorities, FRONTLINE correspondent Hedrick Smith examines the rising hazards to human health and the eco-system and why it’s so hard to keep our waters clean.

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