University suggests students not drink water because of lead
A New Jersey university has disconnected water fountains and handed out bottled water in dorms after finding elevated lead levels.
A New Jersey university has disconnected water fountains and handed out bottled water in dorms after finding elevated lead levels.
Environment
Sep 1, 2016
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The chemical leak that contaminated drinking water in the Charleston, W.Va., area last month put in sharp relief the shortcomings of the policies and research that apply to thousands of chemicals in use today. An article ...
Environment
Feb 19, 2014
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"Drink the water." It's a suggestion alien to Mexico City residents who have long shunned tap water in favor of the bottled kind and to the throngs of tourists who visit the city each year, bringing with them fears of "Montezuma's ...
Environment
Jan 24, 2014
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Using data from pre- and post-hurricane purchasing of consumer-packaged goods (CPG), new research has found that while consumers may switch brands in the lead-up to a natural disaster, they will likely switch back to their ...
Social Sciences
Sep 13, 2023
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Every summer, tens of thousands of people across Australia revel in live outdoor music, staying for a day or pitching their tents for a weekend. When the music dies, however, what's left may be less appealing – a churned-up ...
Environment
Mar 3, 2015
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Federal regulators are recommending that an Illinois city provide bottled water or filters to residents affected by high levels of lead in their drinking water.
Environment
Apr 26, 2016
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The current global food and beverage system is unsustainable.
Ecology
Jan 4, 2024
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At the beginning of 2020, eight states and dozens of cities had banned single-use plastic bags. Environmental activists and proponents of a zero waste economy were finally gaining momentum as the cultural shift of carrying ...
Environment
Jun 24, 2020
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The European Union proposed Thursday giving millions of people in the 28-nation bloc better access to safe tap water and reduce water consumption via wasteful plastic bottles.
Environment
Feb 1, 2018
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Authorities scrambled to decontaminate a water system serving 6,000 eastern Montana residents after a cancer-causing component of oil was found downstream of a Yellowstone River pipeline spill.
Environment
Jan 21, 2015
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