I am not much of a soda drinker, except for an occasional diet coke with my vodka, but I found this article today and throughly enjoyed reading it…hope you do to. Pass it on !! WATER #1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies to half the world population) #2. In 37% of Americans, … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]
Comparing Water Filter Systems Concerned about the safety of your drinking water? Don’t really know how to compare the quality of various brands of water filters on the market today? More than 30 years after the passage of the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act, the safety of our drinking water is often in the news … [Read more…]
By Mark Schlosberg Join thousands of Americans across the country who are calling on President Obama to tell him enough is enough – it’s time to ban fracking now. Photo by Pete Souza. There are countless reasons fracking for natural gas and oil is a bad idea, and it’s about time President Obama heard the … [Read more…]
Recent coverage of hexavalent chromium (also known as chromium 6) in some of our nation’s water supplies vilified the wrong institutions: our municipal water utilities. The real culprits are the industries that dump this and other pollutants into our drinking water sources, and the elected officials who are short-sightedly failing to fund our drinking and … [Read more…]
Tell EPA to Clean Up Natural Gas Drilling! Every year, the oil and gas industry drills and fracks more than 25,000 wells across the country. While you are reading this, the oil and gas industry is taking advantage of loopholes that allow them to pollute with little regard to surrounding communities. We must change this. … [Read more…]
How Much Chlorine Is In Your Drinking Water? Kenton Jones from Multipure takes us on a demonstration with OTO, a swimming pool chemical that measures chlorine in water. Check out this awesome demonstration on dry foods such as pasta, jasmine rice and pinto beans when added to chlorinated water. OTO can be purchased at any pool … [Read more…]
Charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. 100% of public donations directly fund water projects. The 2011 September Campaign. Our 5-year-anniversary video September is the 5th anniversary of charity:water and the month I turn the big 5-0. In honor of my 50th Birthday this year, … [Read more…]
Glacier Water Services, the largest seller in California and the U.S. of filtered water from vending machines, claims its machines dispense chemical-free drinking water. But the first statewide tests of vended water for chemical contaminants found that one-third of Glacier machines sell water that fails state health standards, and two-thirds fail to live up to … [Read more…]
This post has been updated to reflect ongoing developments. Irene heading to North Carolina first Dale Eck, Director of the Global Forecast Center, The Weather Channel Aug 26, 2011 7:31 am ET – Hurricane Irene poses an extraordinary threat and is one that no one has yet experienced from North Carolina to the mid_Atlantic to … [Read more…]
A friend of mine over on facebook (Tom Morrison) & Blog Author of Enraged911 and I were having a discussion regarding water mining, bottled water and fluoride being added to the drinking water where he lives (Griffin Georgia). He tells me that they are water mining there. “They” meaning he cant tell me who “they” … [Read more…]
News reports say a parasite known as the “brain-eating amoeba” has claimed its second young American victim this month. Christian Strickland, a 9-year-old from Henrico County in Virginia contracted an infection after visiting a fishing camp in his state. He died of meningitis on August 5. This week, health department officials confirmed that the deadly amoeba–officially … [Read more…]
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 a in a cruel mood, yesterday, when it passed H.R. 2018, a bill that would … [Read more…]
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 EPA would no longer be able to properly enforce the Clean Water Act. Your representative … [Read more…]
Unknown to most Americans, a surprising number of U.S. cities have drinking water with unhealthy levels of chemicals and contaminants. In fact, some organizations and state environmental agencies that collect and analyze water data say the level of chemicals in some Americans’ drinking water not only exceeds recommended health guideline but the pollutants even exceed … [Read more…]
Speak out and demand an equal public voice on fracking! We all know how democracy works. Every citizen gets an equal voice when it comes to important decisions facing our country. But it seems like the Department of Energy is forgetting the rules — favoring the oil and gas industry’s position on fracking and limiting … [Read more…]
In northeastern Pa., residents are paid for natural gas leases on their land. But the operation on Sherry Vargson’s farm contaminated her water well with methane.
by Kristian Boose Presented in its entirety is New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s May 31, 2010 press release regarding the lawsuit brought against the Federal Government: A.G. SCHNEIDERMAN TO SUE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TODAY FOR FAILURE TO STUDY “FRACKING” Demand For Fracking Study In Delaware River Basin Ignored – Even Though Drilling Would Affect NY … [Read more…]
Why We’re Organizing for a Ban on Fracking By Mark Schlosberg, Food & Water Watch National Organizing Director There is a growing grassroots movement against fracking for natural gas. From New York to California, Michigan to New York, Ohio to New Jersey, citizens are rising up against big oil and gas companies whose insatiable quest … [Read more…]
The Fracking Fuss What it’s about—and why you should care by Sheryl Eisenberg Fracking is all over the news these days, but what exactly is it? A.A harmless way to get natural gas out of the ground. B.A fictional euphemism in a TV series for, well, you know what. C.The answer to global warming. D.None … [Read more…]