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Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Students Vote to Ban Bottled Water Sales on Campus

 Anti-Bottle Water Campaign After a year long educational “UnCap Loyola” campaign, a majority of students passed a referendum to phase out bottled water on Loyola’s Chicago campuses. The campign was led by the Student Environmental Alliance in partnership with Loyola’s Unified Student Governemtn Association. “We consider the sale of bottled water on campus in conflict [...]

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The Facts About Bottled Water

Still drinking bottled water? Please check out this great info-graphic presented by Online Education:

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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.

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Laboratory Tests Confirm Innowave Products BPA Free

Independent, 3rd party tests performed by SGS, an internationally recognized laboratory, confirm Innowave water coolers contain no Bisphenol-A or BPA in any of the internal plastic parts that come into contact with water.  Innowave point of use water coolers are a cost effective, healthy, green alternative to old-fashioned bottled water delivery. Jonathan Ben-David, Manager Director [...]

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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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Photos Capture Devastating Impact Of Plastic Waste From Pacific Gyre On Birds

Hopefully you know Chris Jordan‘s work.  If not, a visit to his site is highly recommended.  His masterful works breath life into mind-numbing statistics by graphically putting into perspective numbers our minds cannot meaningfully grasp. Certainly by now you’ve heard of the Pacific Gyre–the expansive flotilla of debris and plastic waste gradually accumulating in the [...]

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