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Last Call At The Oasis – Erin Brockovich & Peter Gleick Documentary
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Last Call At The Oasis – Erin Brockovich & Peter Gleick Documentary Watch Last Call At The Oasis on Amazon The global water crisis will be the central issue facing our world this century. We can manage this problem, but …
Posted in atrazine, chromium 6, conserving water, contamination, Documentary, drinking water, endocrine distrupting chemicals, environment, epa, Erin Brockovich, herbicides, hexavalent chromium, pesticides, peter gleick, poisoning, pollution, safe drinking water act, water, water conservation, water contamination
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Is Arsenic In Your Drinking Water?
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Is Arsenic In Your Drinking Water? A one-time oral dose of 60,000 ppb of arsenic will kill you. That’s no more than 1/50 the weight of a penny, which shows how dangerous arsenic really is. It’s unlikely you won’t be …
Anti-Clean Water Act bill endorses toxic slime in Florida
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Terry Winckler Pictures Of What House Voted To Support Anti-Clean Water Act bill endorses toxic slime in Florida Anabaena algae bloom in Caloosahatchee River at Franklin Lock, June 17, 2008. (John Cassani) The U.S. House of Representatives was …
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NRDC – Defending Our Right To Clean Water
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NRDC -Peter Lehner Last week, the House of Representatives passed one of the worst pieces of legislation I’ve ever seen. The bill, HR 2018, overturns almost 40 years of federal safeguards that protect our water quality. Under the bill, the …
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Tips for Lead-Free Tap Water
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According to the EPA, exposure to lead in drinking water can result in delayed physical or neurologic development in infants and children, and can cause high blood pressure, kidney problems, and cancer in adults. Moreover, a growing body of evidence …
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The Cost of Bottled Water – Is it worth it?
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Over half of Americans drink bottled water, spending 240-10,000 times more per gallon for bottled water than they do for tap water, a trend largely fueled by the belief that bottled water is safer and healthier than tap water. Is …
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EPA Tackles “Fracking” (Hydraulic Fracturing)
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With the push for energy independence and fuels that emit fewer greenhouse gases, domestically produced natural gas has been growing in popularity. But alongside this growth have come concerns that hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), a procedure used in the extraction of …
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National Drinking Water Week – May 1-7, 2011
National Association of Water Companies Celebrates National Drinking Water Week WASHINGTON – The National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) this week joins the Environmental Protection Agency and the American Water Works Association in celebrating National Drinking Water Week. Observed May …
EWG Urges Supporters – Tell Your Senators You Want Safe Drinking Water
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In December, EWG published the first national investigation of the suspected carcinogen chromium-6 — also known as hexavalent chromium — in drinking water in 35 cities around the country. Recently, Senators Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., introduced Senate …
EPA To Ban Fluoride Pesticide Used on Food
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/sulfuryl-fluoride-pesticide Concerned that children may be over-exposed to fluoride from pesticide residue on food, the EPA could ban the use of sulfuryl fluoride, is used on foods. Just days after U.S. health officials moved to reduce the level of fluoride …