Harmful Chemicals: Is Your Garden Hose Toxic?
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As a gardener, I'm always sipping water from the hose — especially during these brutally hot days when I have no choice but to get out and weed. You can imagine how dismayed I was to come upon research released by the Ecology Center, which tested water coming from standard garden hoses and found
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Harmful Chemicals: Is Your Garden Hose Toxic?
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