Tag: plastic
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Drinking Tap Water — the Simplest Solution to Ocean Plastic Pollution?
Is the solution to plastic water bottle pollution as simple as educating the masses that their tap water is safe to drink? Photo: Elite Reader Beaches are beautifully serene places. Imagine waves rolling in over a beautiful white sand beach in a calming splash. Relaxing, no? Now imagine a place where the sand is covered…
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How a Girl Scout inspired a health care giant to ditch plastic straws
Photo: Shutterstock Most people don’t use plastic straws at home, so why are they so commonplace in restaurants? That was California teenager Shelby O’Neil’s revelation after watching a television spot for her state’s largest health care provider, Dignity Health. She didn’t keep that question to herself, instead composing an email that wound up in the…
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Drinking Tap Water Might Be Simplest Solution to Ocean Plastic Pollution
Is the solution to plastic water bottle pollution as simple as educating the masses that their tap water is safe to drink? Photo: Elite Reader Beaches are beautifully serene places. Imagine waves rolling in over a beautiful white sand beach in a calming splash. Relaxing, no? Now imagine a place where the sand is covered…
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Don’t be silent about the EPA Clean Water rollback
What happens when you can’t trust water from the tap? photo: Shutterstock In the United States, we have developed public infrastructure capable of delivering clean, drinkable tap water almost everywhere. Unlike packaged water, tap water is economical and sustainable for daily hydration at home or on the go. But first, it must be clean. The…
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State: Don’t eat the fish off Kaneohe Marine Corps Base fuel pier
Image: Kanoehe Marine Corps Base Hawaii KANEOHE, OAHU (HawaiiNewsNow) – If you catch fish or shellfish in the Kaneohe Marine Corps Base Hawaii fuel pier, don’t eat them. That’s the message from the state Health Department, which is warning residents that the marine life in the area may contain unsafe levels of harmful chemicals. The…
