by Deborah A. Deal, APR | July 22, 2020 | Climate Change, Environment, Fishing, Oceans, Uncategorized
This morning, CBS News ran a short piece on the plight of our oceans’ sharks which are vanishing. We want to thank them for bringing this problem to TV… What? Â Plight of the sharks?! Â You mean those scary monsters of the sea with rows of razor sharp teeth?...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | July 21, 2020 | Social Media, Uncategorized
by Amanda Sotolongo, IX Water intern Did you know that it requires twice as much water to make a plastic water bottle than the bottle actually holds? This is because there is a lot of water waste in manufacturing. It takes 22 gallons of water to make one pound of...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | July 17, 2020 | Drinking Water, Environment, Industrial Wastewater, IX Water, Social Media, Uncategorized
In 2019, the Colorado legislature passed a Bill that aimed to reduce the use of the family of man-made substances known as PFAS. The chemicals, which have plagued the drinking water of large parts of Colorado such as El Paso County, can be found in non-stick products,...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | July 9, 2020 | COVID-19, Fashion, Industrial Pollution, Uncategorized
At first thought, any mask is a good mask in fighting the spread of Covid-19.  But not so fast … It turns out that masks with valves  – think masks for painting and other industrial, clean-up and crafting uses – might do more harm than good. In fact,...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | July 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
8.5 Billion people on Earth by 2030 Â — Â 9.8 Billion people by 2050. The Earth cannot sustain this many people without a lot of suffering. But, what can we do? Start by educating girls and women. Turns out, there is plenty we can do to slow the population growth...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | July 8, 2020 | Drinking Water, Environment, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Wastewater, Industry, IX Water, Social Media, Uncategorized, Wastewater, Water
By Ellie Cabell and Percy Benedict The Tijuana River between San Diego County and Tijuana, Mexico has been an issue for both sides of the border. Sewage and trash in the river have been spilling into the Pacific Ocean, closing beaches near the border and damaging...
