by swefc | Feb 6, 2020 | Water Contamination, Water Regulations, Environment
What About Recycling? Humans have been recycling in one form or another for hundreds (if not thousands) of years. For most of history, new materials have been expensive and difficult to obtain, so people used and reused whatever they had. This has been particularly...
by swefc | Jan 22, 2020 | Water Contamination, Environment
The World’s Largest Dump. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, between San Francisco and Hawaii, is an area roughly 4 times the size of California that contains approximately 1.8 trillion pieces of trash weighing 80,000 metric tons. This area is known as the Great...
by swefc | Aug 9, 2019 | Water Contamination, Utilities
Written by: Sandi Blanton Photo by Catherine Sheila from Pexels Recent news reports have called our attention to unacceptable levels of arsenic in bottled water sold in popular markets, and to PFAS contamination in bottled water sold in New England....
by swefc | Apr 1, 2019 | EPA, Water Contamination, Water Regulations
Written by Hayley Hajic Chemicals appear on and in many everyday items such as rugs, detergent, paper cups and shampoo. Additionally, with the wide spread use of fertilizers and insecticides, water systems are constantly fighting to prevent or reduce chemical...
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