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NRDC, EWG Sue to Protect Millions of Californians from Contaminated Drinking Water

NRDC, EWG Sue to Protect Millions of Californians from Contaminated Drinking Water An Estimated 31 Million People Exposed to Cancer-Causing “Erin Brockovich” Chemical SAN FRANCISCO (August 14, 2012) –The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Working Group today sued the California Department of Public Health for failing to protect millions of Californians from hexavalent chromium, the cancer-causing chemical made infamous in the movie “Erin Brockovich” for contaminating ...[READ MORE]

12 Simple Things You Can Do To Reduce Water Pollution

12 Simple Things You Can Do To Reduce Water Pollution Dirty water is the world's biggest health risk, and continues to threaten both quality of life and public health in the United States. When water from rain and melting snow runs off roofs and roads into our rivers, it picks up toxic chemicals, dirt, trash and disease-carrying organisms along the way. Many of our water resources also lack basic protections, making them vulnerable to pollution from factory farms, industrial plants, and ...[READ MORE]

NRDC – Defending Our Right To Clean Water

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 voted the wrong way on this bill. Click here to let your representative know you disagree with the vote. "I personally have worked for decades to clean our waters, ...[READ MORE]

Hydraulic Fracturing – What it's about and why you should care

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 of the above. If you answered B, you really know your popular culture. It was, indeed, an expletive used in Battlestar Galactica, as my business partner keeps reminding me. She can't help ...[READ MORE]

The Cost of Bottled Water – Is it worth it?

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 the cost worth it? Controversial reports from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Gland, Switzerland, and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in Washington, DC, say no. The 2001 WWF report Bottled Water: Understanding a Social Phenomenon, an overview of the ...[READ MORE]