If you haven’t visited TED, we highly recommend it. TED’s byline is “Ideas Worth Spreading”. Here are some ideas worth spreading from a fantastic talk on the impact of chemicals, like Atrazine and Bisphenol-A (BPA), on hormones given at a recent TED conference in Washington, DC. Atrazine and BPA cause hormone imbalance Filmmaker Penelope Jagessar [...]
President’s Cancer Panel: Point of Use Filtration Is Preferred
According to the Annual Report of the President’s Cancer Panel, “filtering tap or well water can decrease exposure to numerous known of suspected carcinogens and endocrine-disrupting chemicals.” Key recommendations from the report: Unless the municipal source “is known to be contaminated, it is preferable to use filtered tap water instead of commercially bottled water.” Use Bisphnol-A (BPA) [...]
Study Finds 232 Toxic Chemicals In New Born Babies Including BPA
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) published a study finding 232 toxic chemicals in the umbilical cord blood of minority newborns. The tests confirm each baby was exposed to a host of dangerous substances during pregnancy. Find the full report here.
“Tapped” Explores Bottled Water’s Impact on People and Communities
“Tapped” is a film documentary that dives into the bottled water industry and “its effects on our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil.” Visit the Tapped website for more information and additional trailers. Click the “Theatres” tab on the right to get date and time listings for movie theater showings. Featured in [...]
Harvard Medical Study Shows Rapid Increase in BPA Levels For Users of Polycarbonate Bottles
When we hear that BPA “leaches” from plastic bottles into the contents of the container, we are perhaps lulled into a false sense of security. Leaching suggests the chemical builds up slowly, over time. A recent study by the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) shows just the opposite. Researchers found participants who drank for [...]
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Cryptosporidium Found In City Water Supply, Again Portland Municipal Water Supply Source Tests Positive For Cryptosporidium Tests last week of the Bull Run ... -
Study Finds 232 Toxic Chemicals In New Born Babies Including BPA The Environmental Working Group (EWG) published a study finding 232 toxic chemicals in the umbilical ...
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Bottled Water Cooler At Indian Nuclear Plant Intentionally Contaminated There was a disturbing story out of India late last year. You can read about ... -
Atrazine Water Pollution And Your Health If you haven’t visited TED, we highly recommend it. TED’s byline is “Ideas Worth Spreading”. ... -
Rising Fuel Costs Mean Rising Bottled Water Surcharges National Bottled Water Delivery Firms Revamping Fuel Surcharges? Over the last few months, we’ve noticed ...
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AquaPrix is now Taylor Made Water Systems Please be assured, this transition certainly doesn’t mean that you’re losing the water service that ...
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Health Problems May Be Lurking in Water Filters Current research ongoing on at Virginia Technology University is looking at NTM (Nontuberculous Mycobacteria) bacteria ... -
San Francisco to Require Bottle Filling Stations The city of San Francisco, the first in the nation to ban plastic bags in ... -
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Santa Cruz and Soquel Collaborate on Desalination Plant Supplemental Water Resources Needed Due to limited resources and increasing demands, the City of Santa ...
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