With Natural Gas Drilling Boom, Pennsylvania Faces an Onslaught of Wastewater

ProPublica a month ago Region: Pennsylvania

  The McKeesport Sewage Treatment Plant, one of nine plants on the Monongahela River that has treated wastewater from Marcellus Shale drilling operations. (Joaquin Sapien/ProPublica) Workers at a steel mill and ... more

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Scotland of India

Adarsh Verma 3 months ago Region: India

In the south west of the southern state known for its IT city Banglore Karnataka lies the   COORG: Prevalently known as the Scotland of India. 1525 m above sea level and around 250 km from Banglore, this hill statio... more

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Survey Reveals Dangerous Levels of Fluoride in Rural India's Water

Selvam Nallamuthu 4 months ago Region: India

Bangalore : The Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj released  a participatory survey conducted across rural Karnataka titled " A Survey of Household Water and Sanitation". The quality of water is a cause for alarm with 6... more

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Nepalis enraged at state for privatizing drinking water

Mohan Nepali 5 months ago Region: Nepal

“We’ve been paying just the water supply bill without getting water. What a state we’ve got,!” remarks Shova Khadgi of Dhalku, Kathmandu when asked if she gets drinking water. As she has to buy jarr... more

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Finally, Safe Drinking Water for the Thousands in Kenya

Jackie ONeal 5 months ago Region: Kenya

 Kristen Kosinski, the founder of The Samburu Project and former executive at Paramount Network Television in Hollywood, believes all people have a primal need to connect with Mother Earth. In 2005, she traveled to K... more

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Solutions to water- bourne diseases

Kukoyi Kehinde 6 months ago Region: Nigeria

       Nigerians have been asked to cultivate good water drinking habits to avoid contacting water diseases.The charge becomes more imperative considering a recent report by unesco,which state... more

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Fasting and Its Various Health Benefits

Mehul Banker 7 months ago Region: India

Fasting refers to completely refraining from eating food for a specific period or for a specific health problem. It derives its meaning from the English word "Feastan" which means to be strict regarding which food to eat a... more

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Cancer Causing Toxins in Fluoride Chemicals

Nyscof 7 months ago Region: United States

  Traces of arsenic, copper, lead and other impurities are found in chemicals used to fluoridate public water supplies, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). (1)    Controversial fluor... more

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Capturing Everyday Beauty: an Interview with Gwendoline Riley

JD Flood 9 months ago Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Gwendoline Riley's novels honour the small things. Cold Water (2002) and its successor Sick Notes (2004) tell the stories of Carmel and Esther respectively, as they live out their 'wilderness years' in Manchester. Drink, d... more

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Visual Op-Ed: F is for Fluoride

Desire Grover 9 months ago Region: Pennsylvania

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