Tag: clean-water
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Carcinogen Pollutes Mountain Home AFB Tap Water Supplies
Drinking water supplies for 14 million Americans are contaminated with a cancer-causing industrial solvent made notorious by the book and film “A Civil Action,” according to a new EWG analysis of tests from public utilities nationwide. Drinking TCE-contaminated (trichloroethylene) water has been linked to birth defects; damage to the brain and the nervous, reproductive and…
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Teflon Chemicals Bigger Health Threat Than Previously Disclosed
Chemicals used for decades in hundreds of consumer products – including DuPont’s Teflon and 3M’s Scotchgard – are hazardous for human health and for the environment. PFOA and its cousin, PFOS, never break down in the environment. They build up in people’s bodies, and can be passed from mother to child in the womb and…
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The World’s Biggest Bottled Water Brand Admits: “It’s Just Tap Water”
Aquafina. Processed tap water in a plastic bottle. You are paying $7.50 a gallon for water that doesn’t have to be tested for contaminants as often as tap water. The world’s biggest bottled water brand has been forced to admit that their water comes from the exact same source as your tap water. USA Today…
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What’s in Your Drinking Water?
When most Americans drink a glass of tap water, they’re also getting a dose of industrial or agricultural contaminants linked to cancer, brain and nervous system damage, developmental defects, fertility problems or hormone disruption. That’s the disturbing truth documented by EWG’s Tap Water Database – the most complete source available on the quality of U.S.…
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They just voted to be fluoride free!
Latest Fluoride-Free Victories Battlefield, Missouri (June 21)– The water district board voted unanimously to end fluoridation for the town of 6,000 due to corrosion caused by the chemical, and because of the availability of safer and more effective alternatives to reduce decay. The dental lobby and regional health officials who have received grants to promote…
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#FluorideFree Idaho! Sign The Petition
Unlike other chemicals added to water, which are intended to treat the water itself, fluoride is intended to treat the people who drink the water, whether they want the treatment or not. There is NO HEALTH BENEFIT IN INGESTING FLUORIDE, only risks. *Fluoride is toxic waste from aluminum and fertilizer factories and contains a high…
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Measles: A Treatable Disease
Large portions of this editorial are from vaccine choice advocate Shawn Siegel as posted publicly on Facebook here. There’s no such thing as an illness or disease that doesn’t have sometimes associated complications and death – even the common cold. Yet, we wouldn’t call the common cold anything other than benign. The pictograph posted below,…
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A new generation of water pollutants in your medicine cabinet
Every day, we each use a variety of personal care products. We wash our hands with antibacterial soaps and clean our faces with specialty cleansers. We wash and maintain our hair with shampoo, conditioner and other hair care products. We use deodorant and perfume or cologne to smell nice. Depending on the day, we may…
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Potent carcinogen contaminated drinking water used by millions
According to a new nationwide Gallup survey, Americans are really worried about contaminants in their drinking water. Nearly two-thirds of Americans have “a great deal” concern about pollution of tap water, and 57 percent worry “a great deal” about pollution of the nation’s rivers, lakes and reservoirs. Concern hasn’t been this high since 2001. The…
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Fluoride Dangers acknowledged
Scientists in England have found that fluoride could be causing depression and weight gain and have urged councils to stop adding it to the drinking water. The new findings directly contradict a report released by Public Health England last year that called fluoride a “safe and effective” way of improving dental health. According to a…