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11 Things That Will Be More Expensive In 2012

Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Dealnews, Postal Service, Tap Water, Expenses, Food Prices, Expensive-Airfare, Airfare, Shipping, US Postal Service, Digital Cameras, 2012, Fifty News

With 2012 just around the corner, we are planning resolutions and bracing for change. However, our pocketbooks will also need readjusting in preparati...

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Peruvian Mayor Fears Tap Water Will Turn Town's Men Gay

Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Homosexuality, Peru, Gay Rights, Tap Water Homosexuality, Tap Water, LGBT Rights, Strontium, Strontium Homosexuality, Jose Benitez, Drinking Water Peru, Drinking Water Turns Men Gay, Gay Voices News

In one of the most unusual claims about homosexuality to emerge in some time, a Peruvian mayor is blaming the high mineral levels in the area's drinki...

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Diners Increasingly Turn To Tap Water, Survey Says

Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Drinks, Restaurant Tap Water, Restaurant Drinks, Beverages, Water, Tap Water, Restaurant Beverages, Video, Food News

Tap water is becoming a popular drink, according to The NPD Group's new report, Beverages at Foodservice: Satisfying Our Thirst for Beverages. Out of ...

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I'll Take My Water Un-leaded

Sloan Barnett | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Healthier Greener Homes, Healthy Living Body, Contaminants in Water, Lead in Tap Water, Bottled Water, Tap Water, Cleaner and Greener, Healthy Living News
Sloan Barnett

Most of us, thank goodness, don't get sick right away when we drink tap water. But it's the long-term effects of very small amounts of contaminants that are troubling.

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Something in the Water (Does Not Compute)

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Fracking, Water, Clean Water Act, Safe Water, Alexandra Cousteau, Drinking Water, Pollution, Bottled Water, Tap Water, Bottled Water Safety, Tap Water Safet, Green News
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

Bottled water costs very little to produce, yet very much to consume: An individual's five-year supply of bottled water can cost more than $1,000, versus $1.65 if she drank from the tap.

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All The Drugs Floating In Your Drinking Water Won't Hurt You: Study

Posted 10.20.2011

Read More: Is Nyc Drinking Water Safe, Nyc Drink Water, Drinking Water Safety, Ny News, Water, Ny Tap Water, Tap Water, New York News

NEW YORK (AP) -- Tiny amounts of pharmaceuticals and personal care products detected in the drinking water of the nation's biggest city continue to po...

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Why Tap Water No Longer Smells Like A Pig Pen

Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Tap Water Contamination, Reservoir Water, Tap Water, Tap Water Bottled Water, Taste of Water, Bottled Water Taste, Drinking Water, Taste of Tap Water, Food News

Today, scientists, environmentalists and health experts are baffled by the extent to which consumers think bottled water is healthier than tap. They n...

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Tom Zeller Jr.

Purified Bottled Water Is Not Tap Water, Industry Argues

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Fda, Municipal Waste, Tap Water, Epa, Bottled Water, Video, Green News

The International Bottled Water Association on Wednesday took on what it described as a "a myth repeated by some anti-bottled water activists that bot...

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Workers Injured At Japan Nuclear Plant

AP | SHINO YUASA and TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japan Radiation, Japan Earthquake 2011, Japan Nuclear Crisis, Japan Radiation Food, Radiation, Fukushima Daiichi, Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, Japan Tsunami, Radioactivity, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Tap Water, Japan Nuclear Meltdown, Japan, Fukushima Nuclear Plant, World News

TOKYO — Nearly two weeks of rolling blackouts, distribution problems and contamination fears prompted by a leaking, tsunami-damaged nuclear plan...

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Prescription Tap Water: What Drugs Are We Taking With Our Drugs?

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tap Water, Chemicals in Tap Water, Tap Water Chemicals, Tap Water Safe, Tap Water Health, Tap Water Drugs, Drugs in Tap Water, Dr. Braunstein, Home News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

If you take medication with a glass of tap water, you may be getting more medicine than your doctor prescribed.

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We're Blaming the Wrong People for Polluted Tap Water

Wenonah Hauter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hexavalent Chromium in Tap Water, Water Infrastructure, Tap Water, Environmental Protection Agency, Chromium 6, Epa, Hexavalent Chromium, Municipal Water Utilities, Green News
Wenonah Hauter

Don't blame increased levels of hexavalent chromium in our water supplies on municipal water utilities. Blame it on pollutant-dumping industries and short-sighted elected officials.

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Connecting the Dots

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Tea Party, John Shimkus, Epa, Global Warming Bible, Bladder Cancer, Tap Water, Light Bulbs, Drinking Water, Florescent Light Bulbs, Green News
Carl Pope

Illinois congressman John Shimkus dismisses global warming as being "unbiblical," claiming Genesis says God promised never again to flood the entire earth. But Shimkus doesn't seem to have learned his hymns very well.

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The Business of Water, the Business of Trash

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Landfills, Cnbc, Colorado River, Tap Water, Documentaries, Water Conservation, Environmental Documentaries, Cnbc Documentaries, Garbage, Green News
Jennifer Schwab

CNBC has created two environmentally relevant docu-reports covering the worldwide water shortage and trash/landfill problems that are so good you won't mind missing everything else.

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The Chemical Marketplace Series -- Drinking It In: Is Fluoride Good for You?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tooth Decay, Fluorosis, Oral Health, Public Health, Avner Vengosh, Chemicals, Consumer Products, Cavities, Chemical Marketplace, Toothpaste, Water, Health, Healthy Teeth, Tap Water, Fluoride, Consumers, Cancer, Drinking Water, Fluoridation, Green News
Bill Chameides

With nearly 200 million Americans drinking fluoridated tap water these days, is it time to ask ourselves, do we really need the fluoridation?

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Popping the Bottled Water Bubble

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pacific Institute, Bottled Water Industry, Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession With Bottled Water, Tap Water, Bottled Water, Green News
Peter H. Gleick

There are new data to support the idea that consumers are beginning to reconsider their recent love affair with bottled water. For three decades, bott...

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Teaching Kids (and the Rest of Us) About the Oil Spill

Jenn Sturiale | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Reusable Bottles, BP Oil Spill 2010, British Petroleum, Gulf Oil Spill, Plastics, Oil Spill, Activism, Political Activism, Tap Water, Tap Water Bottled Water, The Story of Bottled Water, Plastic, Bottled Water Industry, BP Oil Spill, Reusable Water Bottles, Bottled Water, Video, Green News
Jenn Sturiale

I spied a disposable water bottle nearby, and it struck me: what better, more direct way to teach kids-- and adults, for that matter-- about how we've gotten ourselves into this mess in the first place?

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Weighing Safety Of Weed Killer In Drinking Water, EPA Relies Heavily On Industry-Backed Studies

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Drinking Water Contamination, Tap Water Weed Killer, Drinking Water, Weed Killer Drinking Water, Water, Tap Water, Video, Green News

Companies with a financial interest in a weed-killer sometimes found in drinking water paid for thousands of studies federal regulators are using to a...

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What's in Your Water?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Water Quality, Nutrient Runoff, Well Water, Water Pollution, Water, Health, Tap Water, Municipal Water, U.S. Geological Survey, Groundwater, Drinking Water, Peter Gleick, Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession With Bottled Water, Bottled Water, Green News
Bill Chameides

About 105 million Americans -- or around one-third of the nation -- rely on some 140,000 public wells for their drinking water. The USGS's latest installment on the state of our drinking water sheds some light on the quality of that water.

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Water Regs with Teeth, or More of the Same? Corporate Social Responsibility, or Bluewashing?

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: EPA Regulation, Water, Bottled Water, Tap Water, Green News
Leslie Hatfield

Originally published on The Green Fork. Monday, The New York Times' Charles Duhigg wrote about the Environmental Protection Agency's World Water Day ...

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Bottled vs. Tap -- What's the Difference?

Margaret Hyde | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tap Water Bottled Water, Plastic, Plastic Bottles, Water, Tap Water, Green News
Margaret Hyde

In my quest to consume less plastic and protect my children, I had my water tested by several companies.

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Water On The Moon: When Do We Move?

Robin Madel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food & Water Watch, Epa, Toxic Waters, Charles-Duhigg, Water on the Moon, Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Clean Water Trust Fund, Fda, Tap Water, Water-Privatization, New York Times, Bottled Water, Sdwa, Green News
Robin Madel

In the U.S. we're blessed to have fresh water that meets many of our needs. If we want to continue to enjoy the benefits of that water, we have no choice but to take steps to protect and properly treat it.

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Moment of Clarity -- There's No Way That Is in Our Tap Water

Lee Camp | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Times, Lee Camp, Moment of Clarity, Tap Water, Clean Water Act, Comedy News
Lee Camp

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What's in your water?

Elaine Shannon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Water Pollution, Tap Water, Perchlorate, Green News
Elaine Shannon

One of the season's big environmental stories has been tainted tap water. The subject has recently been paid much attention by lawmakers on Capitol Hill as well as by various media outlets.

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10 Tips For A Sustainable Thanksgiving

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Turkey, Sunset Magazine, Smart Water, Sustainable Agriculture, Paperless, Thanksgiving, Mark Bittman, Los Angeles, Sustainable, Orren Fox, Sustainable Thanksgiving, Coca-Cola, Food Inc., Water, Tap Water, New York Times, Takepart, Union, Green News
Sarah Newman

Preparing a sustainable meal can be a selfish endeavor; I guarantee you that it will be more fun, tastier and make for a good conversation at your table. However, it's also about our global community.

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Desperate Bottled Water Industry Battles Trend Toward Tap (VIDEO)

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Plastic Trash, Plastic Waste, Tap Water, Plastic Water Bottles, Environment, Trash, Plastic, Plastic Bottles, Pollution, Bottled Water, Green News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

As concerns mount over bottled water's impacts on the environment and human health, bottled water sales are beginning to dry up.

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