Worried by an eco backlash, the bottled water industry is waging a PR battle to turn the public back onto plastic bottled water
… Bottled water industry wages PR battle against tap water movement Eifion Rees | 4th April 2012 News Bottle Water Plastic Tap Nestle News Focus Health …
March 22nd in World Water Day, an UN initiative to draw attention to the dreadful conditions in which many millions of the world's citizens draw their water. Maggie King reports
… Water, water, nowhere... Maggie King | 22nd March 2007 News World Water Day Water Shortage Drought Pollution Agribusiness …
California's drought is a harbinger of things to come around the world, writes Maude Barlow. Because of global warming, yes - but also because the Golden State is an exemplar of the 'water as property for corporate profit' neoliberal paradigm that's taking over the world. It's now essential to assert water as a Commons - to be both justly shared, and fiercely protected!
… drought Maude Barlow | 1st July 2015 News Water Commons Corporations Health water-bottles-cut.jpg California's drought is … the Golden State is an exemplar of the 'water as property for corporate profit' …
Don’t hit the bottle, warns Pat Thomas, else you’ll do more than swallow marketing hype
… Pat Thomas | 3rd October 2007 Ethical Living Water Flavourings Food And Health Green Living … hype INGREDIENTS: Volvic natural mineral water, acid:citric acid, strawberry natural … sweeteners: sucralose,acesulfame K. Without water, we die. Irish hunger strikers lived for …
Israel's armed forces have destroyed vital water and sewage infrastructure in their bombing campaign of the besieged territory, writes Mohammed Omer. This constitutes a severe breach of the 1977 Protocol to the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the part of Israel and all those conceiving, planning, ordering and perpetrating the attacks.
… Gaza: Israel bombs water and sewage systems Mohammed Omer | 16th July 2014 News Middle East Water Health War Law Human Rights … Israel's armed forces have destroyed vital water and sewage infrastructure in their …
A critical appraisal of the mining industry’s contributions to the global water crisis, on World Water Day 2019 and in the wake of recent disasters.
… Undermining the watercycle Hannibal Rhoades Sara Campanales | 22nd March 2019 News Mining Water World Water Day Health … mining industry’s contributions to the global water crisis, on World Water Day 2019 and in …
Sub-Saharan African countries top list of those with most vulnerable water supplies as report warns of 'looming crisis' in both Asia and Africa from pollution and depletion of natural water resources
… Report lists top ten countries at risk of water shortages The Ecologist | 29th June 2010 News Water Pollution Health Natural World water-security-map.jpg The dark shaded …
California has responded to the drought by rationing water, with $500 fines for domestic 'water wasters', writes Evan Blake. But agribusiness and water-intensive industries like fracking remain untouched by the restrictions, even though they consume over 90% of the state's water.
… drought: agribusiness, fracking untouched by water rationing Evan Blake | 5th April 2015 News Water USA Corporations Farming Oil Gas … has responded to the drought by rationing water, with $500 fines for domestic 'water …
Thousand-year-old Indian method of using tree seeds to purify water should be used more widely for tackling waterborne diseases
… Ancient tradition of water purification could save lives The … | 5th March 2010 News Natural World Health Water moringa.jpg Seeds from the Moringa tree purify water. Photo: Trees for Life International …
Amid the growing call for those guilty of causing Flint, Michigan's water crisis to be prosecuted, Jane F. Barrett finds little prospect of criminal charges under the Safe Drinking Water Act. But federal, state and common laws offer prosecutors a range of potential charges, from malfeasance, misfeasance and nonfeasance to involuntary manslaughter.
… Flint water crisis - will anyone be prosecuted? Jane … of Maryland | 18th February 2016 Comment Water Pollution Health Regulation Law USA … for those guilty of causing Flint, Michigan's water crisis to be prosecuted, Jane F. Barrett …
… Should our drinking water be fluoridated? Dr Paul Connett … Comment MRC Fluoridation Dentist Tooth Decay Water F Flouridation Health blogs&comments.jpg … vs. Professor Liz Kay Dear Professor Kay, Water fluoridation is a most peculiar …
The impending renewal of the license for a uranium mine in Nebraska has ignited a years long resistance among those - most of them women - for whom good health and safe, clean water in the Ogallala aquifer is as important as life itself, writes Suree Towfighnia. But for others, jobs and money come first. Now the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must reach its decision.
… Water first! Lakota women and ranchers lead … 2015 News Mining Indigenous Peoples USA Water Pollution Nuclear Health … women - for whom good health and safe, clean water in the Ogallala aquifer is as important …
To save a small amount of money residents of Flint, Michigan, have been forced to consume hazardous levels of lead in their drinking water, writes Farron Cousins. Just the moment for the Republican House Speaker to attack the Clean Water Act.
… Flint drinks lead-laden water; Republicans attack Clean Water Act Farron Cousins DesmogBlog.com | 22nd January 2016 News Water Politics USA Law Toxics Health …
Chinese scientists have established beyond doubt that water polluted with nitrite is feeding the worldwide cancer epidemic. But while China is beating cancer by providing new sources of nitrite-free water, Western scientists, regulators and the editors of scientific journals are doing their best to suppress the truth.
… Pure water the key to China's victories in the war … scientists have established beyond doubt that water polluted with nitrite is feeding the … by providing new sources of nitrite-free water, Western scientists, regulators and the …
Five men tragically died this week at Camber Sands in East Sussex, making holiday makers are increasingly fearful of the dangers of sea bathing. One of the biggest dangers comes from so-called 'rip tides' which carry swimmers out to sea on fast-moving 'rivers' of water, writes MARTIN AUSTIN. So here's how to recognise the dangers - before you even get in the water.
… at the beach - before you get in the water Martin Austin Bangor University | 25th … out to sea on fast-moving 'rivers' of water, writes MARTIN AUSTIN. So here's how to … the dangers - before you even get in the water. Rip currents are found along most …
Consecutive Israeli military assaults have caused huge damage to Gaza's water and sewage systems, writes Sam Bahour. One result is that almost all Gaza's water is unfit for human consumption. Another is the tide of raw Palestinian sewage lapping on the beaches of Tel Aviv. So who should we feel most sorry for?
… 2014 Comment Middle East Health Oceans Water Land Grabs tel_aviv_beach-cut.jpg … assaults have caused huge damage to Gaza's water and sewage systems, writes Sam Bahour. One result is that almost all Gaza's water is unfit for human consumption. Another …
A new study in Pennsylvania, USA shows that fracking is strongly related to increased mortality in young babies. The effect is most pronounced in counties with many drinking water wells indicating that contamination by 'produced water' from fracking is a likely cause. Radioactive pollution with uranium, thorium and radium is a 'plausible explanation' for the excess deaths.
… Fracking kills newborn babies - polluted water likely cause Oliver Tickell | 25th April 2017 News Fracking Health Water Pollution USA Science judys-water-cut.jpg A new study in Pennsylvania, USA …
Research from China suggests that even low levels of nitrites in drinking water can cause cancer. Why is the West ignoring the evidence? asks Oliver Tickell
… story Oliver Tickell | 9th June 2008 Comment Water China Drinking Water Nitrates Cancer Food And Health Water Health Pollution nitrateslg.jpg Research …
Taking a pill for a headache may seem like the most natural thing in the world, but prescription drugs are forcing their way into every corner of our lives and environment, says John Naish
… Naish | 1st May 2009 News Drugs Health Tap Water Pills drugs-_0n_tap_01.jpg Taking a pill … chemicals we ingest ultimately enter the water system, either through lavatories or … contaminate the food chain and our drinking water. The cumulative result is... Well, we …
What possible good can come from adding a known poison to our water supply? None at all, argues John Graham
… John Graham | 18th June 2008 Comment Fluoride Water Additives Health tap water 2.jpg What possible good can come from adding a known poison to our water supply? None at all, argues John Graham …
The Gates Foundation has just announced a $42 million project over several years to develop a toilet that doesn't need water, mains power or sewerage and that will cost next to nothing
… years to develop a toilet that doesn't need water, mains power or sewerage and that will … it into minerals for fertiliser and clean water, while harvesting energy in the process. The toilet doesn’t use water, doesn’t need expensive infrastructure …
After four years of low rainfall Brazil's commercial capital, Sao Paulo, is suffering from a grim combination of high temperatures and water shortages, writes Leila Carvalho. And now the drought has given rise to a lethal plague of dengue fever.
… Carvalho | 26th June 2015 News Cities Brazil Water Health Climate Change … a grim combination of high temperatures and water shortages, writes Leila Carvalho. And … drops in reservoir levels and threatening water shortages for millions of people have …
Children may be more likely to turn to sugary drinks and ice-creams because of a lack of working water fountains in public parks in the UK, says campaign group
… The Ecologist | 4th June 2010 News Health Water Children Obesity Food And Farming … and ice-creams because of a lack of working water fountains in public parks in the UK, … 11 per cent of public parks in the UK have a water fountain, according to a survey …
The 2011 Fukushima catastrophe is an ongoing disaster whose end only gets more remote as time passes. The government is desperate to get evacuees back into their homes for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but the problems on the ground, and in the breached reactor vessels, are only getting more serious and costly, as unbelievable volumes of radiation contaminate land, air and ocean.
… 2017 News Nuclear Energy Japan Health Finance Water Radiation fuk-4-iaea-cut.jpg The 2011 … into the open skies, contaminated water is still leaking continuously into the … Pacific ocean, and partially decontaminated water is being dumped into the ocean. All …