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Plastic Particles Ingested in Food and Water

Jan 29, 2021 09:30AM

Researchers estimate people that drink bottled water ingest an additional 90,000 microplastic particles annually compared to 4,000 microplastics for those that drink only tap water.

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WellExplorer App Can Warn of Toxic Drinking Water

Nov 27, 2020 09:30AM

WellExplorer is an interactive tool that allows residents and scientists to find out what toxins have been deposited in their drinking water as a result of hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

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Unsafe Sipping: Widespread Drinking Water Contamination Found

Mar 31, 2020 09:30AM

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has found contamination of U.S. drinking water with manmade “forever chemicals” to be much worse than estimated.

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Water Win: Fresh H20 Comes to Kenya Town

Jan 31, 2020 09:30AM

A drought-plagued Kenyan region is using a new, solar-powered, desalination plant from the international nonprofit GivePower to obtain clean water.

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Tiny Scrubbers: Nanoparticles Purify Water

Sep 30, 2019 09:30AM

A chemical engineer who grew up in Tanzania has designed a water purification system based on nanomaterials that is being put into use throughout the country.

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Water-Wise Kitchen

Sep 02, 2016 02:59PM

A Few Small Steps Can Make the Difference The United Nations warns that water use is outpacing population growth two to one. At this rate, two-thirds of the world will face water stress by 2025, meani

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Doable Renewables ~ Engineers Detail a Clean Energy Future

Oct 01, 2014 06:18PM

Stanford University researchers, led by civil engineer Mark Jacobson, have developed detailed plans for each U.S. state to attain 100 percent wind, water and solar power by 2050 using currently availa

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Water Fluoridation Gets Another Thumbs-Down

Sep 24, 2014 05:06PM

An extensive review of research from the UK’s University of Kent has concluded that fluoridation of municipal water supplies may be more harmful than helpful, because the reduction in dental cavities

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Shellfish Solution

Aug 28, 2013 01:03PM

Scientists are investigating whether mussels can be grown in urban areas as a way of cleansing coastal waters of sewage, fertilizers and other pollutants. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adm

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Survival Alert

Apr 14, 2013 08:00PM

America, like most of the rest of the world, is running short of fresh water.

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Thrifty Threads

Mar 31, 2013 08:00PM

“These jeans are made of garbage.” Levi Strauss uses recyclable material in the new line of jeans.

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Not So Nice Rice

Feb 28, 2013 07:00PM

New research by the nonprofit Consumers Union (CU), which publishes Consumer Reports, may cause us to reconsider eating rice.

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