by Liam Smith | September 7, 2023 | Cancer, Environment
Yttrium is a rare earth metal with an atomic number of 39 and the chemical symbol Y. It is a transition metal on the periodic table and possesses a metallic silver luster. It is ductile and moderately reactive and also has a high melting point. Yttrium is never found...
by Liam Smith | August 4, 2021 | Cancer, Climate Change, Drinking Water, Environment, Health, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Wastewater, Industry
Birth defects, cancer, thyroid disruption – should the (Environmental Protection Agency) EPA regulate contaminants that cause these problems? The U.S. House of Representatives on July 21, gave a resounding YES to this question by approving the PFAS Action Act of 2021....
by Ellie Cabell | October 2, 2020 | Cancer, Industrial Pollution
A nurdle is a small piece of plastic, about the size of a lentil, which is the building block from which plastic products are made. Masses of nurdles escape into the environment before they become part of a plastic product, causing nurdles to be a large portion of...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | July 6, 2020 | Cancer, Climate Change, Drinking Water, Environment, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Wastewater, Industry, IX Water, O & G Produced Wastewater, Uncategorized, Wastewater, Water, watercolor, watercolour
Water – winding rivers, tranquil lakes, stormy seas – throughout time, water is one the most popular subjects of watercolorists. There’s something about water that draws people in – both painters and the people that view their work. Maybe they...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | June 18, 2020 | Cancer, Drinking Water, Environment, Industrial Pollution, IX Water, Uncategorized
There’s a lot of things out there besides Covid-19 that can harm you, and your water is potentially one of them. If you get your water from an unregulated well in one of many counties in Colorado, or actually any state in the U.S., you need to get that water tested...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | June 17, 2020 | Cancer, Drinking Water, Environment, Industrial Pollution, IX Water, Uncategorized, Water
Part 2 on Arsenic: Aside from it outright killing you, why is monitoring and reducing arsenic contamination important? Arsenic has detrimental effects on all organ systems in the human body since it directly targets enzyme reactions. Arsenic acts as a carcinogen,...