by Deborah A. Deal, APR | June 19, 2020 | Environment, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Wastewater, Industry, IX Water, O & G Produced Wastewater, Social Media, Uncategorized, Water
In many conventional water treatment solutions, a wide range of chemicals are added in the system to work as coagulants, disinfectants, neutralizing agents, scale or corrosion inhibitors, and water softeners etc. Adding chemicals into the raw water not only increases...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | June 18, 2020 | Cancer, Drinking Water, Environment, Industrial Pollution, IX Water, Social Media, 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, Social Media, 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,...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | June 17, 2020 | Drinking Water, Environment, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Wastewater, Social Media, Uncategorized, Wastewater
What is Arsenic? Mystery novels like “Arsenic and Old Lace” by Agatha Christie as well as the famed Borgias of 15th century Italy have used arsenic as a silent killer for generations, but what is arsenic? Arsenic is a naturally occurring mineral on all continents of...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | June 16, 2020 | Drinking Water, Environment, Industrial Pollution, IX Water, Social Media, Uncategorized, Water
As though there isn’t enough for us to worry about in our food and water, the World Health Organization is now also reminding us about the drugs in our drinking water with the proposal of continued studies of the situation. Pharmaceuticals are defined as “compounds...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | May 6, 2020 | Environment, Fashion, Industrial Pollution, Labor, Social Media
The average American owns seven pairs of jeans and buys four new pairs every year. They are the most popular garment ever, aside from socks and underwear. At any point in time, anthropologists say half the world is wearing them. Five billion pairs are produced...
