15,000 Gallon Oil Spill Threatens River and Drinking Water in Native Alaskan Village
Olivia Rosane – Death by a thousand cuts.
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Trans Mountain Pipeline Spills up to 50,000 Gallons of Oil on Indigenous Land in BC
Olivia Rosane – The spill occurred early Saturday morning at the pipeline’s Sumas Pump Station, Trans Mountain told CBC News.
‘This Will Be the Biggest Loss of Clean Water Protection the Country Has Ever Seen’: Trump Finalizes Clean Water Rule Replacement
Olivia Rosane – Today, the Trump administration will finalize its replacement for the Obama-era Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule in a move that will strip protections from more than half of the nation’s wetlands.
You Will Eat Two Recycling Bins of Plastic in Your Lifetime
Dr. Mercola – Based on an average human life span of 79 years, the average person will consume the same weight as two full-sized plastic recycling bins.
US Mining Sites Unleash 50 Million Gallons of Toxic Water Into Lakes and Streams Every Day
Elias Marat – In America, polluters are protected and those whose lives are disrupted are ignored.
170 Million Americans are Drinking Radioactive Water. This Interactive Map Shows If You Are, Too
Amanda Froelich – The EWG analyzed nearly 50,000 public water systems in all 50 US states.
Environmental Group Finds 267 Toxins in Tap Water Across the U.S.
Anna Hunt – U.S. utilities companies identified that 267 of 500 contaminants are present in tap water, EWG reports.
Nearly All Of U.S. Drinking Water Contaminated With Cancer Causing Chemicals
Aaron Kesel – Municipalities are not following drinking water regulations.
Over 65 Percent of U.S. Has Unsafe Levels of Toxic Chemicals in Drinking Water
Marco Torres – Drinking tap water contaminated with toxic chemicals is a serious health risk.
Doctors List 50 Reasons Why You Must Stop Drinking Fluoridated Water Now
Alex Pietrowski – Why would anyone accept fluoridated water after looking at these 50 facts?
The Question Everyone is Asking: How Much Water Should I Drink a Day?
Video – Throughout each day, your body loses water, and as a result, you have to constantly replenish this fluid. But your water requirement can vary wildly from day to day depending on a number of factors.
EPA Study: Fracking Can Contaminate Drinking Water Supplies
Sharon Kelly – The Environmental Protection Agency has released its long awaited draft assessment of the impacts that fracking has on the nation’s drinking water supplies.
Amazing Device that Makes Filthy Water Drinkable
Video – An astonishing demo of the portable Lifesaver filter, invented by engineer Michael Pritchard, which makes the most revolting water drinkable in seconds.
Is This New Device a Solution for Free Clean Drinking Water?
Kevin Samson, Guest Waking Times Fresh water supplies are under assault on multiple fronts. Front page news at the moment are the effects of the ongoing droughts in California and Brazil – both are incredibly important areas to the global food supply. At the same time, corporate hoarding of fresh water is on the rise. At the heart of …
Fracking in Public Forests Leaves Long Trail of Damages
Sharon Kelly, DeSmogBlog Waking Times Last Wednesday, the Washington D.C. city council passed a resolution opposing fracking in the George Washington National Forest, making the nation’s capitol the third major U.S. city, after Los Angeles and Dallas, to decry the hazards of shale drilling in recent days. The D.C. council’s resolution called on the U.S. Forest Service to prohibit …
Climate Change Roulette and Water Scarcity
Suzanne York, EcoWatch Waking Times A new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that climate change is likely to put 40 percent more people worldwide at risk of absolute water scarcity, due to changes in rainfall and evaporation. Unsurprisingly, the study noted that “Expected future population changes will, in …
Are Chemicals in Drinking Water Giving People Cancer?
Kaye Spector, EcoWatch Waking Times Traces of 18 unregulated chemicals were found in drinking water from more than one-third of U.S. water utilities in a nationwide sampling, according to new, unpublished research by federal scientists. Included are 11 perfluorinated compounds, an herbicide, two solvents, caffeine, an antibacterial compound, a metal and an antidepressant, reports Environmental Health News. While studies increasingly …
Fracking Coming to Washington D.C.’s Drinking Water?
Sharon Kelly, DeSmogBlog Waking Times Over the past several years, the battle over fracking has brought Congressional hearings, protests and huge industry money to Washington DC. But in recent months the topic has taken on a new, more local turn in the nation’s capital as oil and gas companies push to drill in a national …
5 Fracking Consequences You’ve Never Heard About
Lisa Garber, Natural Society Waking Times We know fracking isn’t exactly the safest of practices. We’ve heard of its propensity to pollute our air and drinking water and thereby raise human health concerns. The media, however, isn’t talking about the massive sinkholes pockmarking the nation, the radiation leaks, and other lesser known but no less earth-shattering effects …
Are Pesticides Causing Your Food Allergies?
Emily Main, Rodale’s Waking Times New research about chemicals in your tap water and on your lawn could cause you to break out in hives. No one knows what causes food allergies—they’re one of the great mysteries that science has yet to solve. But it’s doubtful that any allergist had suspected that your lawn, or …