Data Review

I hear many times that the "data" has not be scrutinized or analyzed at the Health Department,
The strange thing is that i did, back in July of 2012.
Not that it was a perfect analysis, but i compared all wells tested, wells showing the presence of pesticides with those not showing pesticides present.
What is this you say? show me?
Here is a general overview:

All well results since 2008 to 10/2012:   House Built Well depth well distance pool Onsite   Current land layout Past Land use       Average 1959 248 34   2 2 Max 2008 1100 200   6 6 Min 1700 30 0   1 1 count 1001 168 112 94 646 639 median 1962 195 25     2 1

The numbers for past land use and land layout are as follows:

ID #	Current Land	Past Land Use
1	Flat	undeveloped
2	gentle slope	Forest
3	moderate slope	Animal Farm
4	steep slope	Farm
5	Rolling Hills	Landscaping buisness
6	Hilly	Industrial

Data for the next categories are until July 2012, not Oct 2012

wells with pesticides found:

	House Built	Well depth	well distance	pool Onsite		Current land layout	Past Land use
Average	1952	210	26			2	1
Max	2007	800	81			4	4
Min	1730	30	0			0	0
count	149	35	34	11		72	69
median	1960	120	20			2	1

Wells without pesticides found:

	House Built	Well depth	well distance	pool Onsite		Current land layout	Past Land use
Average	1959	260	36			2	1
Max	2008	1100	200			6	4
Min	1735	30	0			0	0
count	640	102	66	47		325	300
median	1963	220	25			2	1

there are slight differences, but not statistically significant not do the difference correspond to changes in the use of the pesticides.

Sadly this does not show any way of determining if a home might have an issue or not - it varies by factors that we cannot determine, of course if someone would develop a time machine, we could see what was happening to cause these problems.  i do not think it would be that surprising.