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A Brief Education of Water

A Brief Education on Water

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Last Call at the Oasis

Last Call At The Oasis

Last Call is a Wake Up Call “Last Call at the Oasis” is a new documentary that presents a powerful argument for why the global water crisis will be the central issue facing our world this century. Illuminating the vital role water plays in our lives, exposing the defects in the current system and depicting communities [...]

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Camelbak All Clear

Camelbak All Clear—60 Seconds to Purified Water. Anywhere.

Safe Drinking Water On-The-Go Camelbak has a great product for people on-the-go—the Camelbak “All Clear” system.  Whether you are trekking in Nepal or hiking the Grand Tetons, you can now safely drink purified water, anywhere. When Getting Sick Is Not An Option The heart of the Camelbak All Clear solution is a built-in UV light [...]

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Atrazine

Atrazine Water Pollution And Your Health

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 [...]

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EPA Announces Study Plan to Assess Hydraulic Fracturing

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its final research plan on hydraulic fracturing. At the request of Congress, the EPA is working to better understand potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources. The initial research results and study findings will be released to the public in 2012. The final report will be [...]

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Cryptosporidium

Cryptosporidium Found In City Water Supply, Again

Portland Municipal Water Supply Source Tests Positive For Cryptosporidium Tests last week of the Bull Run drinking water reservoir detected the parasite Cryptosporidium  according to reporting from KATU News in Portland, Oregon. The report comes just days before the state is scheduled to decide whether to give Portland a waiver on building a $90 million water treatment plant. Portland Water Treatment Facility Determined [...]

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Looking for Non-Profit Organizations

If you are or know of a worthy non-profit organization that is currently spending money on bottled water, contact us! We’d like to help.

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EPA Pulls No Punches In Its Opposition to H.R. 2018

In a recent press release, the EPA pushed back against H.R. 2018, otherwise known as the “Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011.”

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10 Ways to Save Water At Home & Work

10 Ways to Reduce Water Consumption at Home and Work

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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) [...]

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