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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr9m4_XsCHU] How public water can contribute to obesity and more Water fluoridation linked to higher rates of underactive thyroid - The clear association found...

‘Fracking’ wastewater that is treated for drinking produces potentially harmful compounds

Ralph Turchiano

September 25, 2014September 25, 2014

Emerging Contaminants Environmental

The resulting waste water is highly radioactive and contains high levels of heavy metals and salts called halides (bromide, chloride and iodide) Concerns that fluids...

Early-life exposure to chemical in drinking water may affect vision, study finds

Ralph Turchiano

August 18, 2014

PCE - Tetrachloroethylene

Early-life exposure to chemical in drinking water may affect vision, study finds (BOSTON) — Prenatal and early childhood exposure to the chemical solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE)...

Removing estrogen from drinking water

Ralph Turchiano

August 10, 2014

Emerging Contaminants

" conventional methods in sewage treatment plants are unable to treat this waste water sufficiently because the most frequently used estrogen ethinylestradiol is very difficult to...

Human Norovirus In Groundwater Remains Infective After Two Months

Ralph Turchiano

April 23, 2014

Disease and Conditions Emerging Contaminants

Public release date: 20-Oct-2011 Researchers from Emory University have discovered that norovirus in groundwater can remain infectious for at least 61 days. The research is...

Banana peels purify contaminated water better than an array of other traditional purification materials

Ralph Turchiano

April 13, 2014April 13, 2014

Missed - Medical Breakthroughs

- minced banana peel could quickly remove lead and copper from river water as well as, or better than, many other materials. A purification apparatus...

Study adds weight to link between arsenic in drinking water and heart disease

Ralph Turchiano

March 31, 2014

Emerging Contaminants General Pesticides

Arsenic poses far higher health risks than any other known environmental exposure, say Professors Allan Smith and Craig Steinmaus from the University of California, Berkeley,...

Does fluoride really fight cavities by ‘the skin of the teeth?’

Ralph Turchiano

March 10, 2014

Fluoride Industrial Ineffective Treatments

Public release date: 15-Dec-2010 In a study that the authors describe as lending credence to the idiom, “by the skin of your teeth,” scientists are...

Don’t blame the pill for estrogen in drinking water

Ralph Turchiano

March 3, 2014March 3, 2014

Emerging Contaminants Environmental

Public release date: 8-Dec-2010 - report suggests that animal manure accounts for 90 percent of estrogens in the environment Contrary to popular belief, birth control...

Tea contains more fluoride than once thought

Ralph Turchiano

February 15, 2014

Consumer Products Emerging Contaminants

Public release date: 14-Jul-2010 - Most published reports show 1 to 5 milligrams of fluoride per liter of black tea, but a new...

American industry’s thirst for water: First study of its kind in 30 years

Ralph Turchiano

February 3, 2014

Environmental

Public release date: 31-Mar-2010 - It takes almost 270 gallons of water to produce $1 worth of sugar - 200 gallons of water to make...

Brain-eating amoeba found in water supply of New Orleans suburb

Ralph Turchiano

September 16, 2013

Environmental

The amoeba was found in the water supply in four separate locations Testing was done after a four-year-old boy died after contracted the deadly organism...

Good hygiene may be to blame for soaring Alzheimer’s

Ralph Turchiano

September 4, 2013

Emerging

Modern cities and improved hygiene could be behind rising rates of Alzheimer's in Britain and the rest of the developed world, scientists have said. Countries...

‘I might lose consciousness… but it would be better than drowning in the helmet’: Italian astronaut almost lost in space

Ralph Turchiano

August 21, 2013

Health Technology News

Major Luca Parmitano, 36, who nearly died during a spacewalk on 16 July, has told of his thoughts as he tried to save himself. Writing...

BPA + chlorine = bad news

Ralph Turchiano

July 20, 2013

BPA - Bisphenol A

Contact: Jim Kelly jpkelly@utmb.edu 409-772-8791 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Modified forms of bisphenol A found to alter hormone signaling in new, disturbing...

BPA and Chlorine Means Bad News: Modified Forms of Bisphenol A Found to Alter Hormone Signaling in New, Disturbing Ways

Ralph Turchiano

July 17, 2013

BPA - Bisphenol A

The ubiquity of the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A led researchers to ask what it might be doing in publicly supplied, chlorinated drinking water. The answer:...

Herbal defluoridation of drinking water

Ralph Turchiano

March 6, 2013

Environmental Fluoride Industrial

Contact: Albert Ang press@inderscience.com Inderscience Publishers Researchers in India have developed a filter system based on a medicinal herb, which they say can quickly and...

Herbal defluoridation of drinking water

Ralph Turchiano

March 6, 2013

Environmental Fluoride Industrial

Contact: Albert Ang press@inderscience.com Inderscience Publishers Researchers in India have developed a filter system based on a medicinal herb, which they say can quickly and...

Montreal water treatment plants dumping as much as 90 times the critical amount of estrogen products into the river

Ralph Turchiano

September 24, 2012

All Posts Environmental

2008 study post for filing Contact: Sylvain-Jacques Desjardins sylvain-jacques.desjardins@umontreal.ca 514-343-7593 University of Montreal 'Estrogen flooding our rivers,' Université de Montréal study The Montreal water treatment...

Rising levels of ARSENIC in rice ‘could be toxic and pose cancer risk’ – and there are NO federal standards over how much is allowed in food

Ralph Turchiano

September 19, 2012

All Posts Environmental General Pesticides

Inorganic arsenic - found in some pesticides and insecticides - can be toxic Arsenic is higher in rice than most other foods because it is...

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‘Fracking’ wastewater that is treated for drinking produces potentially harmful compounds

Early-life exposure to chemical in drinking water may affect vision, study finds

Removing estrogen from drinking water

Human Norovirus In Groundwater Remains Infective After Two Months

Banana peels purify contaminated water better than an array of other traditional purification materials

Study adds weight to link between arsenic in drinking water and heart disease

Does fluoride really fight cavities by ‘the skin of the teeth?’

Don’t blame the pill for estrogen in drinking water

Tea contains more fluoride than once thought

American industry’s thirst for water: First study of its kind in 30 years

Brain-eating amoeba found in water supply of New Orleans suburb

Good hygiene may be to blame for soaring Alzheimer’s

‘I might lose consciousness… but it would be better than drowning in the helmet’: Italian astronaut almost lost in space

BPA + chlorine = bad news

BPA and Chlorine Means Bad News: Modified Forms of Bisphenol A Found to Alter Hormone Signaling in New, Disturbing Ways

Herbal defluoridation of drinking water

Herbal defluoridation of drinking water

Montreal water treatment plants dumping as much as 90 times the critical amount of estrogen products into the river

Rising levels of ARSENIC in rice ‘could be toxic and pose cancer risk’ – and there are NO federal standards over how much is allowed in food