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Category Archives: Environment
SUSTAINABILITY IN THE HEARTLAND
SUSTAINABILITY IN THE HEARTLAND “The Sand Looks Out On The Rippling Water, The Sky Has Cast An Omnipotent Dimness, Each Wave Crashes Against The Shore, Washing The Shells To Mingle With The Pebbles. We Are So Tiny Staring At The … Continue reading
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EPA GIVES LEAD PAINT REGULATIONS A WHITEWASH
EPA GIVES LEAD PAINT REGULATIONS A WHITEWASH American Progress The Environmental Protection Agency is quietly sacrificing the health of kids in order to save businesses a few bucks. Exposure to lead paint, usually through home renovations, threatens the health … Continue reading
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Action Alert: Save Our Waters from Sewage
Action Alert: Save Our Waters from Sewage League of Conservation Voters Two phrases you never want to see in the same sentence: drinking water and “sewage blending.” What's worse, that's the Bush Administration's new plan for your water supply! Read … Continue reading
Bush White House Pressures Forest Service to Outsource Public Information
Bush White House Pressures Forest Service to Outsource Public Information Center for Media and Democracy – PR Watch The U.S. Forest Service “is weighing replacement of 100 of its public information staff with private public relations firms,” according to documents … Continue reading
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GETTING FROM HERE TO THERE
Getting From Here To There. “Beam Me Up, Scotty!” So, what did it take for you to go from one place to another today? Was it foot-power? Was it bicycle/leg power? Was it REAL horse-power, you know the four-legged kind? … Continue reading
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What’s In Iowa’s Water?
What's In Iowa's Water?
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What's in Iowa's water? Would you believe
antibiotics, steroids, personal care products, pharmaceuticals, acetaminophen (Tylenol), ibuprofen, caffeine, cotinine (a metabolite of nicotine), deet (an insect repellent) and carbamazepine, an anti-seizure medication used to treat people with epilepsy and bi-polar disorder?An Exclusive Report from WHO's 13 News
Des Moines, May 5th, 2005 – Do you know what's in your water? The Environmental Protection Agency sets standards for and monitors pollutants in the water. Things like chemicals from manufacturing and pesticides from farm run-off. But other contaminants are now showing up in the water and many of them come from you and me.
They're called “emerging pollutants”. Things like hormones and antibiotics. They aren't necessarily new to the water but scientists are just starting to test for them. In this Channel 13 Investigation, Sonya Heitshusen takes a look at what's in your water and how it might impact your health.
More than 70-thousand miles of rivers and streams in Iowa provide the state with the majority of its drinking water. In central Iowa, your water primarily comes from two rivers, the Des Moines and the Raccoon.
Rain, run off and treated waste water fill the rivers. This is the same water that, after purification, flows through your pipes. The quality of that water directly effects your health. That's why the government implemented the safe drinking water act more than 30 years ago.
The Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.) is in charge of setting and enforcing standards for known toxins like arsenic and lead. But the E.P.A. does not have standards for other pollutants like antibiotics and hormones used in people and animals. We have not been monitoring for these chemicals in the past and now that we're developing sensitive techniques, we're finding them. And now that they're finding them, scientists also want to know how they might impact our health.
Dr. John Vargo, Phd. says, “One of the biggest concerns is the effect of antibiotics in the environment. Some studies have shown there is a correlation between bacteria resistant to antibiotics and presence of these drugs in the environment but testing is still limited.”
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Cell Phones for Kids Raise Concerns
Cell Phones for Kids Raise Concerns By Donna Gordon Blankinship, MyWay.com Marketing cell phones to kids is inexcusable with all the health risks that are known. SEATTLE – Parents should think twice before giving in to a middle-schooler's demands for … Continue reading
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GO SOLAR FOR THE LORAX
Go Solar for the Lorax “I AM THE LORAX. I SPEAK FOR THE TREES. I SPEAK FOR THE TREES, FOR THE TREES HAVE NO TONGUES. AND I'M ASKING YOU, SIR, AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS – HE WAS VERY … Continue reading
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Volunteer Opportunity: Living Lands and Waters Needs YOU!
Volunteer Opportunity: Living Lands and Waters Needs YOU! Who: Living Lands and Waters, Woodson Spring, Coordinator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Joe Lundh, Forester What: Invasive honeysuckle bush removal with the help of local schools and community volunteers How: Advance … Continue reading
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Big Benefits in Small Wind Projects for Iowa
Big Benefits in Small Wind Projects for Iowa Iowa Policy Project Economic Advantages Seen in Local Wind-Power Projects DES MOINES, Iowa – Megawatt for megawatt, small, locally-owned wind projects deliver greater economic benefits in Iowa communities than do large projects, … Continue reading
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