Only 91 contaminants are regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, yet more than 60,000 chemicals are used within the United States, according to Environmental Protection Agency estimates. Government and independent scientists have scrutinized thousands of those chemicals in recent decades, and identified hundreds associated with a risk of cancer and other diseases at small [...]
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Millions Drink Tap Water That Is Legal, but Maybe Not Healthy – Series – NYTimes.com
Posted in drinking water, environmental policy, water safety, water testing on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
YouTube – Oceans +2C (HQ)
Posted in oceans on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Set to a backdrop of stunning photography from the International League of Conservation Photographers, leading marine scientists from Stanford and MBARI discuss the role of the ocean in climate change and the potential impacts of a targeted 2C rise in global temperature. This is an iLCP media production in partnership with Center for Ocean Solutions. [...]
Tata’s Next Cheap, Small Thing: A Water Filter: GOOD Blog
Posted in third world assistance, water filtration on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tata Group, the Indian company behind the tiny, super-cheap Nano car, has just announced it will be selling a low-cost water filter.
The Tata ‘Swach’ purifier is less than one metre tall, and does not need running water or electricity to work…. The Swach uses ash from rice milling to filter out bacteria, and also uses [...]
The Unbelievable World of Snowflakes : TreeHugger
Posted in 1 on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Most simply, a snow crystal forms when an already supercooled cloud particle freezes. However, this event is the result of a delicate balance among the variables described in the Nakaya Diagram.
via The Unbelievable World of Snowflakes : TreeHugger.
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