Author: Laura

Support EWG And Tell The EPA To Ban Atrazine

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Millions of Americans are at risk of drinking a toxic chemical that can turn male frogs into female frogs with viable eggs! Atrazine, produced by chemical industry giant Syngenta, is one of the most widely used pesticides in the United States. More than 70 million pounds of atrazine are dumped on American farmland each year. It’s been linked to serious health risks like cancer, shorter pregnancy and hormone disruption. Now, the Environmental Protection Agency is getting ready to give ...[READ MORE]

Starbucks to Stop Using Plastic Straws by 2020

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On Monday, coffee giant Starbucks announced a phase out of plastic straws globally in its stores by 2020. The announcement came after months of pressure by more than 20 environmental organizations asking Starbucks to stop polluting the planet with single-use plastic. An online petition to Starbucks garnered more than 1 million signatures and was delivered at Starbucks’ annual shareholder meeting last March. The company said the move to eliminate plastic straws would remove more than one ...[READ MORE]

Latest Harvard Studies Now Link Fluoridated Water to ADHD, Serious Mental Disorders

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Fluoride, found in our toothpaste and tap water could be responsible for certain mental disorders. ADHD, ADD and other mental disorders have been on the rise for the past 50 years or so, and no-one really seems to know why. One theory is that the high concentration of fluoride found in our tap water could be causing this epidemic. The Harvard School of Public Health published research with claims that the fluoride in our tap water is damaging our health. They found that some chemicals ...[READ MORE]

Fluoride Officially Classified As A Neurotoxin In World’s Top Medical Journals

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Evidence of how negatively fluoride can impact our health has been increasing in rapid pace throughout the past few years. People are hoping that by bringing awareness to this that somehow we can get sodium fluoride removed from the world’s water supply. A big step has been made here recently. In the most prestigious medical journal. One known as The Lancet. fluoride has been at last classified as a neurotoxin one hundred percent. This puts it in the same category as things like lead, ...[READ MORE]

FLUORIDE EXPOSURE IN UTERO LINKED TO LOWER IQ IN KIDS, NEW STUDY SAYS

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 In a new study published on September 19, 2017, in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers have found a link between fluoride in the urine of pregnant women and lower measures of intelligence in children. The Study: Bashash M, Thomas D, Hu H, et al. 2017. Prenatal Fluoride Exposure and Cognitive Outcomes in Children at 4 and 6–12 Years of Age in Mexico.  Excerpt from study: In this study, higher levels of maternal urinary fluoride during pregnancy (a proxy for ...[READ MORE]

The 25 U.S. Cities with the Worst Drinking Water

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WHERE THE CONTAMINANTS ARE FLOWING STRAIGHT FROM THE TAP. By ALEX DANIEL bestlifeonline.com In 2017, it’s not unusual to have a personal preference for water. Maybe you like a light mineral flavor or a mild earthiness. Or maybe you prefer sparkling. Whatever the case, chances are you don’t want anything that includes chemicals or carcinogens—the types of contaminants included in the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule.” While most ...[READ MORE]

A Tale of Two Cities – Documentary By The Story Of Stuff

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 A Tale of Two Cities tells the story of citizens from two very different Michigan communities—picturesque, small town Evart and gritty, industrial Flint— that have found their futures inextricably linked by a threat to the one thing that all life requires: water. In our third short documentary, we explore the growing threat of water privatization and what happens when government runs a critical function, like providing clean drinking water, as if it were a business. Go ...[READ MORE]

Nestlé Makes Billions Bottling Water It Pays Nearly Nothing For

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The company’s operation in Michigan reveals how it’s dominated the industry by going into economically depressed areas with lax water laws. In rural Mecosta County, Mich., sits a near-windowless facility with a footprint about the size of Buckingham Palace. It’s just one of Nestlé’s roughly 100 bottled water factories in 34 countries around the world. Inside, workers wear hairnets, hard hats, goggles, gloves, and earplugs. Ten production lines snake through the space, funneling local spring ...[READ MORE]

Rural Kentucky Residents Living with Contaminated Water for Years

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 Rural Kentucky Residents Living with Contaminated Water for Years Long-standing problems provide contaminated drinking water and few options for residents of eastern Kentucky. In Martin County, Kentucky, residents never know what they're going to get when they turn on their faucets. Sometimes, they get milky water, or water that looks more like beer, according to a Los Angeles Times report. And sometimes, residents of this county located in far eastern Kentucky get ...[READ MORE]

EX-OFFICIAL: FLINT WATER PLANT PLAGUED BY PROBLEMS

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The Detroit NewsPhoto: Dale G. Young / The Detroit News file FLINT, MI, FEB 26, 218 -- The city's former water utilities administrator said Friday the water system generated a huge number of resident complaints about odor and color two months after the city's April 2014 switch to river water. Michael Glasgow testified for the second day in 67th District Court that the Flint water treatment plant did not have the ability to use phosphate coating to keep the pipes from rusting and the water ...[READ MORE]