Category: Public health
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Soil-powered fuel cell promises cheap, sustainable water purification
Soil microbial fuel cells as designed by researchers at the University of Bath. Credit: University of Bath Engineers at the University of Bath have shown that it’s possible to capture and use energy created by the natural reactions occurring in microorganisms within soil. A team of chemical and electrical engineers has demonstrated the potential of…
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Why Fixing the Nation’s Water Crisis and Combating a Pandemic are Linked
Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic requires access to safe, clean water. While some Americans decry their “loss of freedom” by being told to wear a mask in public spaces, others don’t have the freedom to wash their hands with clean water. Water is necessary for life. Up to 60 percent of the adult human body is…
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1 in 3 children worldwide being poisoned by lead from water, air pollution, UN warns
The file photo shows children play in water pipes at a construction site on the banks of the Yamuna River in the northern Indian city of Allahabad, India. Up to 800 million children around the world are being poisoned by lead from water and air pollution, the United Nations warned Thursday in a special report…
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“Safe” levels of thyroid inhibitor in tap water much lower than thought
Yet another study demonstrating that tap water may be quite unsafe to drink, and that yet another one of EPA/FDA regulations on “safe” levels of a potent thyroid-inhibiting contaminant in drinking water are nothing more than wishful thinking. Namely, the study below claims that the levels of perchlorate in drinking water defined as safe by…
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10 Shocking Facts On Factory Farms Will Make You Rethink That Burger
Graphic by Hannah Williams In the United States, around 27 billion animals are raised for food every year. These animals are subjected to lives in extreme confinement where they live in fear and pain. The cruelty that these animals experience is rather well-known and understood, however, the negative environmental impact that raising this many animals…
