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Study Calls For New Global Standard For Safe Drinking Water And Sanitation
2015-01-22 02:55:34| publicworks Home Page
A new study conducted jointly by The Water Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine calls for a new global standard for improvements in household drinking water and sanitation access.
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Study Calls For New Global Standard For Safe Drinking Water And Sanitation
2015-01-22 02:55:34| pollutiononline Home Page
A new study conducted jointly by The Water Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine calls for a new global standard for improvements in household drinking water and sanitation access.
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How heavy, chronic drinking can affect your body
2015-01-21 08:50:53| Biotech - Topix.net
Whether it's one night or a regular habit, heavy drinking can do a number on your body, experts said. The physical effects of alcohol consumption range from irritating to serious to fatal, as alcohol is a risk factor in developing certain cancers or cirrhosis of the liver, experts said.
Oil Spills Yellowstone River, Polluting Drinking Water
2015-01-20 20:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The scenic Yellowstone River has suffered its second sizable oil spill in four years, prompting truckloads of drinking water to be shipped into the eastern Montana city of Glendive. The latest spill is not expected to affect Yellowstone National Park, about 350 miles upstream. Some oil from the weekend spill got into a water supply intake along the river that serves about 6,000 people in Glendive, according to preliminary tests at the city's water treatment plant. The sample showed elevated levels...
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Are the US drinking water standards outdated?
2015-01-17 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Changes in drinking water quality in the 21st Century are coming from a myriad of circumstances, and not all are for the best. Top contenders for why water-drinking quality might become suspect to the average consumer include California's drought conditions, the technology of fracking, and the nationwide aging infrastructure of rusty, degrading pipes. Citing these and other relatively recent scenarios, Andrea Dietrich, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech, and her...
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