National Geographic:
Some unusual ingredients, from heroine and cardamon to rocket fuel and birth control, are lurking in the world's freshwater supplies, scientists report.
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SF Gate:
Dozens of Missouri communities will be splitting $266 million for wastewater and drinking water improvements under a construction plan announced by Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday. Nixon announced the plan while touring work sites i (Read More)
Reuters: Environment:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's top environmental official on Friday called the risk that drilling for natural gas in the upstate region that supplies most of the city's drinking water "especially alarming."
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New York Times:
New studies linking atrazine in drinking water with birth defects, low birth weights and reproductive problems in humans have prompted the E.P.A. to study its effects.
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New York Times:
New studies linking atrazine in drinking water with birth defects, low birth weights and reproductive problems in humans have prompted the E.P.A. to study its effects.
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Reuters: Environment:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. airlines will be required to regularly disinfect and monitor on-board drinking water systems under a new rule unveiled on Tuesday.
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BBC:
The Jordanian government, together with the World Bank, is working on an ambitious project to save the Dead Sea by pumping water into it from the Red Sea. (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
World Bank Gives a $4.3 Billion BoosterGOOD MORNING. Stocks in Asia closed lower today; U.S. futures are pointing to a flat start.Governments are counting on infrastructure spending to lift their economies out of recession. A (Read More)
CNN:
Just some video of the Sardis Creek area of Lake Lanier near Gainesville, GA and the Chatahoochee River at Gainesville Marina. The lake took up the flood runoff's protecting Gainesville from extensive flooding as our neighbor (Read More)
New York Times:
Wells that have been dug into relatively shallow aquifers produce drinking water with levels of arsenic far above those considered safe.
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CNN:
A Policy of Clean Water By NEAL MOORE FARMERSBURG, IOWA (CNN iReport) --- Traveling along the Mississippi River on an extended canoe expedition, one becomes mindful of the importance of clean water. According to the Departme (Read More)
Reuters: Environment:
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. government scientists have for the first time found chemical contaminants in drinking water wells near natural gas drilling operations, fueling concern that a gas-extraction technique is endanger (Read More)
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Helping The Environment And We Didn't Even Think About It'Ways To Go Green You May Not Be Thinking Of'Article written by Bob HibbittsBear, Delaware - Monday, August 26 , 2009 -- Everyone is excited about going Green. It's on (Read More)
Washington Post:
CHICAGO, Aug. 24 -- Drinking water containing a common herbicide could pose a greater public health risk than previously thought because regular municipal monitoring doesn't detect frequent spikes in the chemical's levels, ac (Read More)