Drinking Water Pollution
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Water, Water, Everywhere... But Is It Safe To Drink?
medicalnewstoday.com — “Over the last couple of generations, there has been a huge amount of groundwater pollution worldwide, and this has had a negative impact on our drinking water supply, says Barbara Sherwood Lolla” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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Water, Water, Everywhere... But Is It Safe To Drink? http://mnt.to/3Rq3 #biology
Water pollution: Chemicals show up in Chicago's drinking water - chicagotribune.com
chicagotribune.com — “Trace amounts of sex hormones, prescription drugs, flame retardants and herbicides can pass through Chicago's massive treatment plants and wind up in tap water, test results show.” View full resource at chicagotribune.com
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Chicago tests find trace amounts of sex hormones, prescription drugs, flame retardants and herbicides http://trib.in/q5Yfln
Poisoned Waters Water Pollution - Drugs in Water - thedailygreen.com
thedailygreen.com — “PBS Frontline's "Poisoned Waters" underscores the importance of keeping toxic chemicals out of our water supply, from drugs to cleaning products. Water pollution is a serious threat to human health and the environment.” View full resource at thedailygreen.com
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Risky Runoff: How We're Poisoning Ourselves with Ritalin and Cleaning Products: "Like the resource it seeks to p.. http://tinyurl.com/dnch6o
Pollution May Aggravate Skin Damage From Sun
webmd.com — “Exposure to amounts of pollution typically found in urban environments may more than double skin damage from the sun, preliminary research suggests.” View full resource at webmd.com
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webMD: Pollution May Aggravate Skin Damage From Sun http://bit.ly/hEcClY Full http://bit.ly/hj1Sw9
China plans to rein in heavy metal pollution | Reuters
reuters.com — “BEIJING (Reuters) - China's environmental protection agency has vowed to curb heavy metal pollution in a bid to cut widespread industrial contaminants like lead that have poisoned children and sparked” View full resource at reuters.com
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China plans to rein in heavy metal pollution | Reuters
reuters.com — “BEIJING (Reuters) - China's environmental protection agency has vowed to curb heavy metal pollution in a bid to cut widespread industrial contaminants like lead that have poisoned children and sparked” View full resource at reuters.com
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China plans to rein in heavy metal pollution http://bit.ly/hnP7Wd
Apple criticized for China supply chain pollution | Reuters
reuters.com — “BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese environmental groups accused Apple Inc of turning a blind eye as its suppliers pollute the country, the latest criticism of the technology company's environmental record.Toxic” View full resource at reuters.com
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Apple criticized for China supply chain pollution http://t.co/wkVCCIS
Easier Detection Of Pesticide Pollution And Impact In Rivers
medicalnewstoday.com — “The long-term effects of pesticides on living organisms in rivers and on water quality can now be assessed more easily. Researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) have” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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Easier Detection Of Pesticide Pollution And Impact In Rivers: The long-term effects of pesticides on living orga.. http://bit.ly/ImFo9
Coca-Cola: Pollution in a Bottle? | Heroin and Cornflakes
arch1design.com — “Coca-Cola currently offers more than 400 brands in over 200 countries or territories, and sells 1.6 billion servings each day with estimated global sales for” View full resource at arch1design.com
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Soda drinks sold by Coca-Cola in Britain have been found to contain pesticides at up to 300 times the level... http://fb.me/JiWQzvZC
Asia pollution blamed for halt in warming: study | Reuters
reuters.com — “LONDON (Reuters) - Smoke belching from Asia's rapidly growing economies is largely responsible for a halt in global warming in the decade after 1998 because of sulfur's cooling effect, even though greenhouse” View full resource at reuters.com
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China's #coal soot, creating haze, slowed global warming 1998-2008, scientists say #climate http://reut.rs/pXd7j6
Premature Births: Does Traffic Pollution Play A Role?
huffingtonpost.com — “With estimates suggesting that one in every eight babies in the U.S. is born premature, preterm births are a serious public health issue. New research suggests traffic-related air pollution might play a role, significantly increasing the risk of giving birth before 37 weeks.” View full resource at huffingtonpost.com
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#Prematurebirth: Does traffic #pollution play a role? UC's Patrick Ryan in environmental #health weighs in. http://ow.ly/6SLiN
Pollution makes quarter of China water unusable: ministry | Reuters
reuters.com — “BEIJING (Reuters) - Almost a quarter of China's surface water remains so polluted that it is unfit even for industrial use, while less than half of total supplies are drinkable, data from the environment” View full resource at reuters.com
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Pollution makes half of China's water undrinkable http://bit.ly/a3v1a3
City Fights Pollution after Lead Poisoning Scandal
english.cri.cn — “City Fights Pollution after Lead Poisoning Scandal” View full resource at english.cri.cn
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City Fights Pollution after Lead Poisoning Scandal: The massive environmental campaign was prompted by a lead po... http://bit.ly/hHDsem
Cold winters mean more pollution
labspaces.net — “Differences in air pressure over the North Atlantic have meant that the last two winters in Gothenburg, Sweden, have been extremely cold. This has led to the air in Gothenburg being more polluted with nitrogen oxides than ever before. A new study from the University of Gothenburg shows that there is a strong link between climate and air pollution.” View full resource at labspaces.net
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Pollution with antibiotics leads to resistant bacteria
physorg.com — “Many of the substances in our most common medicines are manufactured in India. Some of these factories release huge quantities of drugs to the environment. Swedish scientists now show that bacteria in polluted rivers become resistant to a range of antibiotics. International experts fear that this may ...” View full resource at physorg.com
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Pollution with antibiotics leads to resistant bacteria http://www.physorg.com/news217241925.html
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