by Ellie Cabell | Mar 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
Consumer Reports tested the packaging of over 100 food products from US restaurants and grocery stores and found PFAS chemicals in many of them. PFAS, called “forever chemicals,” are man-made chemical products that have been used worldwide since the 1950s, most...
by Liam Smith | Dec 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
A Bill was passed by Congress in 2018 that was meant to prevent cyber-security breaches on America’s 167,000 public water systems and water treatment plants. An analytics team at Booz Allen Hamilton published a paper that found our country’s water utilities to be “a...
by Liam Smith | Dec 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Toluene, also called methylbenzene, is a natural chemical solvent often added to paint, metal cleaners, various fuels, nail polish, printing inks, and stain removers. It is also naturally produced in smoke from wildfires. It is a colorless liquid. It smells sweet and...
by Liam Smith | Dec 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
California has come up with a truly Californian way to save their dwindling amounts of water: by covering canals with solar panels. According to nature.com, researchers from various UC campuses conducted a feasibility study of the effects of covering California’s open...
by Liam Smith | Dec 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Landfill leachate results when water from precipitation and rotting waste percolate. They may become toxic when high concentrations of organic and inorganic pollutants mix with the liquids. As little as 36 inches of precipitation can result in one million gallons of...
by Liam Smith | Nov 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
On November 18, 2021, the EPA Administrator, Michael S. Regan and the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), Jaime A. Pinkham, signed a proposed rule to revise the definition of “Water of the United States” (WOTUS) – which phrase governs the geographic...
