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Human Carcinogen Found in Drinking Water Near Gas Drilling Ops

EWG News release Human Carcinogen Found in Drinking Water Near Gas Drilling Ops CONTACT: EWG Public Affairs 510-444-0973 x305, leeann@ewg.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 20, 2012 Washington, D.C. -- The federal Environmental Protection Agency's detection of arsenic, a known human carcinogen, barium and other contaminants in the well water of homes near natural gas drilling operations in Dimock Township, Pennsylvania, should prompt a nationwide investigation of drilling-linked water ...[READ MORE]

Food And Water Watch Asks Walmart To Reject GM Corn

It's a new year, and it's time to launch our campaign to get Walmart to reject Monsanto's genetically engineered sweet corn. Genetically engineered sweet corn could be planted this spring, but Walmart can refuse to accept it, protecting consumers from this untested and unlabeled product. Can you sign our new petition asking Walmart to reject genetically engineered sweet corn?              Why should you ask Walmart to reject Monsanto's Genetically Engineered (GE) Sweet Corn? 1) Whether you shop ...[READ MORE]

Proof the Government is Killing You – Slow Kill Holocaust – InfoWars.com

From Bisphenol-a (BPA), to GMO crops, fluoride in water and countless other toxins slow killing modern society, the elite controllers have intentionally triggered cancer, disease and sterility while trying to mask their attack through “slow” ambient poisons that gradually drag down the masses as they eat factory-produced foods, drink public water and are bombarded by toxic packaging products of all kinds. BPA and other synthetic estrogen-mimickers are particularly harmful, and widely used in ...[READ MORE]

Top Five Environmental Events of 2011 – EcoWatch

Top Five Environmental Events of 2011 This year certainly had its big eco-news events. From natural disasters that led to one of the worst nuclear meltdowns on record to an unprecedented assault on environmental protections and regulations in Congress, 2011 felt like we took 10 steps backward on the protection of human health and the environment. Personally, I’m still reeling from 2010 events, including the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. Supreme Court decision giving a green ...[READ MORE]

Triple Divide – A documentary Film by The Public Herald

TRIPLE DIVIDE  is a new documentary film that lights the shadows about America's quest for energy, where Paradise Found meets the visible hand of natural gas development. Potter County, Pa. (focus of the film) is home to a geological phenomenon called the Triple Divide, one of five widely-recognized in the United States where water drains into three different basins. The headwaters of this Triple Divide are ecological sanctuaries for all things living deep in Appalachia, and provide drinking ...[READ MORE]

Fluoride safety debate bubbles up once again – USA Today

Consumers hearing that some U.S. communities will no longer  add fluoride to their drinking water, such as Florida's Pinellas County, may wonder whether this cavity fighter is safe. The short answer: Most health professionals say yes, as long as people don't ingest too much of it. Studies in the 1930s found tooth decay was less severe in areas with more fluoride in drinking water, prompting U.S. communities to add it to their water. Yet the Obama administration is moving to lower its ...[READ MORE]

Dieldrin Insecticide Contamination in Florida Gets Attention of Erin Brockovich

Florida residents to convene at town hall Oct. 24 Erin Brockovich will be on hand Monday, Oct. 24, for a town hall meeting with residents of Deland, Fla., to answer questions about insecticide-tainted drinking water affecting a number of DeLand and Miami-Dade homes. Brockovich consults for the nationally recognized environmental torts law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C. The New York-based giant is sending Brockovich to Deland because of her expertise in exposing injustice and her prowess for ...[READ MORE]

Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Threatens Drinking Water Across The U.S.

Will Tar Sands Pipeline Threaten Groundwater? Proposed Keystone XL pipeline would carry diluted bitumen, or “dilbit.” More than a million gallons of dilbit leaked into Michigan's Kalamazoo River in July 2010. Photograph courtesy Michigan Department of Environmental Quality   Mason Inman for National Geographic News Published September 19, 2011 This story is part of a special National Geographic News series on global water issues. For two weeks in late August and early ...[READ MORE]

Trichloroethylene (TCE) In Your Drinking Water?

Why you should look for TCE in your drinking water -by Britt Mittemeijer Our local paper today carried an article about the suffering TCE (trichloroethylene) in the drinking water supply has caused many inhabitants of Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. TCE is a known human cancer-causing chemical (EPA).  Fuel leaks and other sources of pollution can and do create a toxic cocktail that finds its way into drinking water supplies.  The Camp Lejeune area had to deal with this water contamination for ...[READ MORE]

Secret camera footage of fluoride facility in Austin – InfoWars

Hidden camera water fluoridation video by InfoWars Infowars News.com October 1, 2011 An Infowars Nightly News special report filed by Alex Jones shows never-before-seen undercover footage shot at the Austin Water Treatment Facility demonstrates the process of adding the corrosive and highly toxic chemical to the water supply. The InfoWars team has released stunning secret video footage showing how the toxic chemical fluoride (actually fluorosilicic acid) is dumped into the public water ...[READ MORE]