California's Governor Brown recently made public a decision to merge three of the state's water quality control boards, a decision that has met with a great deal of opposition. The three boards are regional agencies that enforce set standards of water quality and regulate pollution. The combination would take two separate and distinct water basins and turn them into one region of about 23,900 square miles for regulation...
You've probably heard the stories about how American drinking water has become unsafe and filled with contaminants, but how can you know for sure? Some people have had the job made easy for them by having water that appears cloudy or smells bad, but for most of us, how can we know if that crystal clear glass of water is harboring harmful pathogens? In some areas of the United States, clean water is a given; however, if you live in farm country, the chances that your water contains chemical run-off increase...
We can all be proud that we live in a country that is the business of helping people around the world. One of the ways in which we help is by providing clean water for countries that have none. Yes, we try to play savior to the whole world, and it's a matter of national pride. What we aren't so proud of is the way our own infrastructure is crumbling...
Horror stories abound of people in developing countries who have to bathe, cook, drink, and relieve themselves in the same bodies of water. It's enough to turn your stomach, and people who are forced by desperation to consume this water actually do sicken and die. Filthy water is unsafe for humans and animals as well as a breeding ground for all types of insects...
You may wonder why water needs to be tested at all after it has been run through your municipal water treatment system or if you have a well filled with clear, sparkling water, but if you don't want to succumb to waterborne diseases, you need to understand how important testing is. There is no other way to be sure that the water you and your family are using is free of toxins other than to do an analysis...
Water is one of the most precious commodities on earth, one that we must use every single day to sustain our bodies and one that we take for granted believing there's an unending supply. While that may have been true in the early years of our planet, the exploding population and centuries of dumping pollutants in our water supplies are bound to take a toll...
How you drink is as important as how you eat. Yet, it's quite true to say that, most of us simply don't drink enough. Few of us realize the harm that too little water can do. Dr. Abram Hoffer, one of the world's leading experts in orthomolecular medicine and psychiatry, believes that long-term lack of water plays a role in senility and Alzheimer's disease...
