The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted an environmental justice award to the ENLACE Cano Martin Pena Project, an endeavor that is working on a more sustainable plan for the Cano Martin Pena in Puerto Rico. According to a press release by the EPA, “ENLACE has established and implemented a land use and comprehensive development plan that [...]
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Courtesy Flush: Efficient Toilets Save H20
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approximates that toilet flushing accounts for 30 percent of household water use. Unfortunately, the flush toilet is responsible for the most wasted water in homes as well. Updating bathroom fixtures and installing more efficient toilets could save water and money spent on costly water bills. The EPA partnership program with WaterSense [...]
Water Is Beauty: Cosmetics & H20
Most beauty and cosmetic products share one key ingredient: water. Lotions, moisturizers, and make up products are all made with quality controlled water regulated by organizations such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). There are several codes for water quality control in beauty products. There are also various types of water, including distilled and thermal water, [...]
Water Survey, a matter of water
Sewage Runoff: A Big Stink in California
Rain storms in California last week resulted in partially treated and untreated sewage spilling along the beaches of southern California. Flooding rains overwhelmed municipal sewage systems, .closing several beaches and roadways in the region. The Golden Coast lost some of its luxury status as a consequence. According to a report in the L.A. Times, hundreds of [...]
Water Survey, a matter of water
Fracking Up the Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It’s also listed on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “dirty waters list”. This six- state watershed is crucial to economic development in the region. Blue crabs are found in the Chesapeake Bay and fuel the fishing market. However, natural gas drilling in the region [...]
No Hexavalent Chromium in My Tap Water Please!
The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a non-profit advocacy group, recently conducted a research study of tap water and found trace levels of hexavalent chromium (hex chrom) in the water supply of 35 U.S. cities including Boston, Tallahassee, San Jose, and Madison. Hex chrom has been identified as a toxic, cancer-causing chemical implicated in stomach and [...]
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Lead Found in New York City Tap Water
New York City (NYC) tap water was recently found with lead levels that exceeded federal regulations set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Lead is toxic to toddlers and pregnant women. In a sample of 222 homes in NYC, fourteen percent of homes were found with unsafe lead levels in the tap water. In a [...]
The Water Detective
In addition to the serious controversy of the war in Iraq, the Bush administration also stirred up a controversy concerning Clinton’s proposal on the acceptable quantity of arsenic in drinking water. Under the Clinton administration, after a study by the Environmental Protection Agency declared that arsenic could have high risks of being carcinogenic. In 2001, the George W. Bush administration decided to suspend the standards for arsenic in potable water.
Water Survey, a matter of water
Pollution and fish
From industrial waste to the city sewage and household pollution, the American wetlands have become so polluted that many rivers or lakes are off limits to swimmers and the biodiversity of such waters at terribly threatened. The shampoos, bleach or other cleaning products we use daily too often end up in our lakes and rivers and as a consequence they intoxicate our fish.
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