Not sure why it’s hyperbole - they never said all Midwesterners drank it, just that there were Midwesterners who drank it. And did you only drink water at home or from a bottle? If not, you can’t be sure you never drank Cargill polluted waters.

The main pollution source in ground water aquifers around here is two fold, salt water contamination or chlorinated solvent leakage. The former is caused by oil wells drilled during ww2 without proper casement and sealing, and the latter is caused by small government corruption. The plumes of each are organic, ironically enough, and can be fixed with simple bacteria and recirculation wells. Long cry from the opening statements in this article.