by Ellie Cabell | August 23, 2018 | Drinking Water, Social Media
According to a 2009 article in the New York Times, “Twenty-one power plants in 10 states, including Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina and Ohio, have dumped arsenic into rivers or other waters at concentrations as much as 18 times the federal drinking water standard.”...
by Ellie Cabell | August 14, 2018 | Drinking Water, Social Media
Ellen Knickmeyer of the Associated Press has reported that the White House is calling the result of federal toxicology studies on PFC’s a “potential nightmare.” But nightmare’s aren’t real, and this situation is. Reports of people around the country slowly dying from...
by Ellie Cabell | August 9, 2018 | Drinking Water
Residents of El Paso County are claiming that the EPA isn’t doing enough about their water contaminated with Perfluorinated Chemicals (PFCs) from Peterson Air Force Base. See story on CPR HERE. Peterson shares an airfield with the adjacent Colorado Springs Municipal...
by Ellie Cabell | July 18, 2018 | Drinking Water, Social Media
It’s news, but it’s not surprising news – the American West is not just experiencing drought. (Drought is a temporary condition.) We are going through aridification – the period of transition when a location becomes increasingly and permanently water scarce. How will...
by Ellie Cabell | July 17, 2018 | Drinking Water, Social Media
Just out now – ABC News says less than HALF of the school districts check for lead in their water! The report from the Government Accountability Office also found that of the 43 percent of school districts that test for lead in drinking water, 37 PERCENT FOUND...
by Ellie Cabell | June 18, 2018 | Drinking Water, Social Media
Once upon a time, it seemed harmless to dump waste into rivers, streams, and even oceans. There wasn’t much waste, and there was lots of water to mix it with – what could be the harm? Move forward 100 years or so, add around six billion people, consider the...
