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Report: Toxins Found in Whales Bad News for Humans

Posted on Jul 21, 2010 by Zachary Shahan.

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Bad news and bad news for whales these days — endangered baby whales are dying from the BP oil spill and the toxic dispersants used to “clean it up” and the International Whaling Committee has been discussing whether or not to legalize whaling of endangered whale species.

Now, a new study finds that sperm whales in even the most remote areas of the Earth’s oceans contain extremely high levels of toxins and heavy metals.

Of course, this is not only bad news for the whales, but also for humans
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Sulabh Toilets Flush With Possibility

Posted on Jul 05, 2010 by Scott James.

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In 1970, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak designed the sulabh sauchalaya (latrines-pour-flush toilet with twin leach pit) and founded what is now the Sulabh Movement. The movement is based on a simple idea that proper sanitation and wastewater management is good for public health and climate change. He announced to the World Environment and Water Resources Congress at Providence in Rhode Island that he will be promoting his invention around the world in the coming years in an effort to help meet the Millennium Development Goal of providing toilets to the 2.6 billion people who don’t have them by 2025.
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Hormone Disruptor BPA is in the Water Now

Posted on Apr 16, 2010 by Zachary Shahan.

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Scientists have now confirmed that an increasingly infamous chemical (or hormone disruptor) that is linked to obesity, miscarriage, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and other health concerns is not just in our plastic bottles, soda cans and canned food, but it’s also in the water.

What is likely to be the number one source? “Unbreakable” polycarbonate plastic — the plastic they use in screwdriver handles, shatterproof eyeglass lenses and other things that are “unbreakable”.

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The Birth Control Pill Threatens Fish Reproduction

Posted on Apr 12, 2010 by Jennifer Lance.

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An estimated 80 million women worldwide take oral contraceptives (aka “the Pill“) to “inhibit ovulation and thus prevent pregnancy”. First available to the public in the 1960s, the Pill has been pronounced as “the most significant medical advance of the 20th century”. Although the Pill revolutionized women’s health, traces of the contraceptive are ending up in treated wastewater and harming fish.
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Smart Water for Green Schools Program Launches in Ghana

Posted on Mar 20, 2010 by Scott James.

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Green Cross International’s (GCI) mission is “to respond to the combined challenges of security, poverty and environmental degradation to ensure a sustainable and secure future.” Founded in 1993 as a merger between former U.S.S.R. President Mikhail Gorbacev’s idea for an organization that would apply the medical emergency response model of the International Committee of the Red Cross to ecological issues and Swiss National Council MP Roland Wiederkehr’s World Green Cross, Green Cross International makes it their business to “Give humanity a chance. Give earth a future.” And that’s exactly what they are giving their first schools in Ghana to be part of the Smart Water for Green Schools project. Beginning in February of 2010 they began their pilot phase with the goal of providing 67 teachers and 1,987 students across 5 communities with hygiene and sanitation education.
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