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 … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]
As less and less water is available, you have yet another problem being added and that is the problem of privatization. There are companies now saying ‘why don’t we bottle it, mine it, divert it, sell it, commodify it.’ That greed of privatization, I believe, will be much worse than climate change and everything else … [Read more…]
Without water, life would not exist. It is a prerequisite for all human and economic development. Yet today, nearly one billion people – about one in eight – lack access to clean water. More than twice that many, 2.5 billion people, don’t have access to a toilet. There has been significant public attention paid to … [Read more…]
“Who controls the food supply controls the people; Who controls the energy can control whole continents; Who controls the money can control the world.” ~ Henry Kissinger 1973 THRIVE is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what’s REALLY going on in our world by following the money upstream — uncovering the global consolidation … [Read more…]
Multi-Pure Corporation, the leading innovator in water filter technology is getting a make-over. Multi-Pure started its family operation in 1970 and since then has been always been ahead of the competition in terms of products that out perform other drinking water filtration devices available on the market. The Rice brothers, Alvin & H. Allen have … [Read more…]
There were meaningful plans brewing for America’s most iconic national park before Coca-Cola stepped in to protect its own interests. The National Parks Service was weeks away from finalizing plans that would have eliminated the sale of plastic water bottles in the Grand Canyon when Coca-Cola, who sells water under the Dasani name, stepped in … [Read more…]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday for the first time that fracking — a controversial method of improving the productivity of oil and gas wells — may be to blame for causing groundwater pollution. The draft finding could have significant implications while states try to determine how … [Read more…]
Being in the water filter industry and my husband being an HVAC tech (heating, air and indoor air quality specialist), I am concerned both about the quality of the water we drink and the indoor air we breath. But, when hubby comes home from a long day of work, the last thing he wants to do is work on the A/C unit, or change … [Read more…]
This holiday season, give your loved ones gifts that protect wildlife As a thank you for all your support this year, Oceana is giving you 15% off all your holiday adoptions. Just enter the code HOLIDAY2011 at checkout. Expires December 24. » Have a special person in your life who cares about the environment? No need … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]
Erin Brockovich wants consumers to put down the bottle and turn on the tap. “Bottled water is expensive,” Brockovich told The Price of Fame at the Toronto International Film Festival. “People can save money by not buying as much bottled water and maybe investing in a good filter for the house.” (Brockovich is still looking for a … [Read more…]
LOS ANGELES — The California attorney general’s office on Wednesday sued three companies over allegations they misled consumers by marketing plastic water bottles as biodegradable. The lawsuit – said to be the first government action to enforce the state’s environmental marketing law – accuses ENSO Plastics of Mesa, Ariz., of falsely claiming their bottles would … [Read more…]
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 & … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]
Pinellas county Florida has voted to stop adding fluoride to its drinking water after a polarizing debate that included warnings of reduced intelligence, cancer, Soviet-style tactics and forced medicating by government. The Pinellas County Commission voted 4-3 to halt fluoridation to about 700,000 residents of the county, the St. Petersburg Times reports. The city of St. … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]
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…]
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…]