The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was created by Richard Nixon in 1970, charged with the mission of making public health policy to protect human life and the environment. Over the past 50 years, the EPA has used the best available scientific research to create...
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Don’t drink like the Romans did, you may end up mad as a hatter!
Don’t drink like the Romans did, you may end up mad as a hatter! A paper in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that the prevalence of lead in its citizens contributed to the fall of the Roman empire. According to the CDC, the short-term effects of lead...
Pirates, French Scientists, and the Metric System
Why does the United States of America, the world’s largest economy for over 150 years, not use the Metric System? In short….Pirates. Doesn’t every good story involve pirates? The foot has been used as a unit of measure since antiquity, just not quite as we...
What are the agricultural impacts of sustainable water in the United States?
Non-renewable groundwater extraction in the U.S. is estimated to have more than doubled since 1960 and is projected to at least double again by the end of the century. There are several negative impacts to the local environment that result from excessive nonrenewable...
After 24 years Shoal Lake 40 First Nation can drink from the tap
After 24 years without clean drinking water, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, located on the Ontario-Manitoba border, is celebrating drinking water that meets national standards thanks to a new water treatment center. The new facility went into construction in 2019 costing...
Colorado River Water Shortage
The Colorado River system supplies 40 million people in seven western states and Mexico and irrigates more than 5 million acres of farmland on its way to Mexico and the Gulf of California. The Colorado River’s water is divided into two sections, the Upper Basin and...
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