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• Visualized Facts About Bottled Water

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 773
  If you’ve ever wondered what the financial or ecological costs of a bottle of water really are, then check out this great infographic detailing the facts of bottled water. Some of the things are really interesting, like the fact that 40% of all bottled water companies just get their water from tap water. Link
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• Contamination Plagues U.S. Water Treatment Systems

  
  Boom2Bust.com — Authority: 541
  Noticed a certain “glow” about your loved ones lately? From the New York Times’ Charles Duhigg yesterday: More than 20 percent of the nation’s water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act over the last five years, according to a New York Times analysis of federal ...
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• Tap Water

  
  Lost At E Minor: For creative people — Authority: 610
  Touché bottled water. Tap is on the rise again. As plastic water bottles pile up in our land fills, with their vague benefits, escalating prices, and notable carbon footprints, this 90s trend is starting to feel a little dated. Welcome Tap Water . This new reusable bottle is intended to sit lovingly on your table, ...
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• McChrystal Loves Eichenberry, EPA Is Trying To Kill Us

  
  Notes From a Grumpy Old Man — Authority: 128
  James Danly Jonathan Vaccaro Dana Milbank Fred Kagan & William Kristol "We were paralyzed by red tape, beaten by our own team. Our answer to Afghans seeking help was: “I can’t come today or tomorrow, but maybe next week. I have several bosses that I need to ask for permission.” - Jonathan Vaccaro ...
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• The Just Out Interview: Elke Robitaille

  
  Blog Out - Just Out Newspaper — Authority: 144
  Elke Robitaille (”Elk-ee Ro-bit-tie”) is a new kind of troubadour. Described by Brian Tucker of Bootleg Magazine as “churn[ing] up folk music with the fire of a woman taking control of things,” Robitaille evokes the dustbowl stylings of Patty Griffin or Gillian Welch in equal measure to the Lilith Fair poetry ...
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• 20% of nations drinking water systems violated Safe Water Act

  
  WalletPop Blog — Authority: 696
  Filed under: Health The New York Times today ran a troubling story about the nations drinking water supply, reporting that as many as 19 million Americans get sick from drinking tap water from regulated water systems each year. It reports that more than 20% of the 54,700 U.S. water treatment systems have ...
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• Youth get in bed together on Lennon anniversary

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  It was 29 years ago today that a lone gunman assassinated John Lennon and the anniversary was the spur behind a youth "bed in" at the COP15 conference center. Socres of young folks from around the world used the day to remember Lennons famous bed-in protest of the Vietnam War and to put their own spin on it. They ...
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• Millions of Americans drinking ‘dirty and dangerous’ water

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  New York, Dec. 8 (ANI): Millions of Americans are being forced to drink dangerous and dirty water containing arsenic, uranium and bacteria, as more than 20 percent of the nation’s water treatment systems have been violating key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act.According to a New York Times analysis of ...
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• Thank you, EPA: U.S. solar companies

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Many businesses chafed on Monday at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s declaration that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health. But executives at the two largest U.S. solar power companies took a shine to the statement, which clears the way for federal regulation and came as a global climate ...
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• Fossil of the Day Award: And the winner is…

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  The UN Conference on Climate Change is a weighty gathering of serious folks looking for a way to cut carbon emissions. Its also a great place to bring some much-needed humor and along the way hammer a few perceived laggers in the fight against global warming. Enter the Fossil of the Day Awards, a tongue-in-cheek ...
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• Icebergs, Copenhagen hot topics in Southern Ocean

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  The Southern Ocean is toying with us, like some killer whale tossing its prey before devouring it. The small French research ship l’Astrolabe is being battered by 55 kmh (35 mph) winds and tossed like a cork in icy, three metre (9 feet) waves. Many onboard have retreated to the safety of their bunks where, ...
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• Different Types Of Refrigerator Water Filters

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 509
  A variety of refrigerator water filters are being sold in the market today.  Some brands of refrigerators may work best with a particular brand of water filter, such as the Whirlpool refrigerators, but most can be used with a variety of different brands so that the consumers have some choices.When the refrigerator is ...
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• Hoover F5914-900 SteamVac with Clean Surge

  
  Kill Deal — Authority: 167
  Powerful 12-amp motor; deep cleans with hot tap water and carpet solution Five spinning/scrubbing brushes clean carpets, upholstery, bare floors Clean Surge feature gives extra burst of cleaning solution for spots or stains Two water tanks separate clean from dirty water Brush rotation indicator; 8-foot hose; ...
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• My Cat Drinks Tap Water

  
  Missingtoof.com — Authority: 113
  My Cat Drinks Tap Water are a noisy lot of young men from Queensland, Australia. They make hardcore-ish electronic-ish lo-fi music and, obviously, have an acute sense of subtle observational humor (my cat usually washes down his cheezburger with tap water too). My Cat Drinks Tap Water, or MCDTW—for usability ...
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• Bottled Water 10,000 Times as Expensive as Tap Water & Not Regulated (discussion)

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 431
  Bottled water is a high environmental-impact product, which is not regulated like municipal water reserves that feed tap water, and can cost as much as 10,000 times per volume as much as tap water . Nevertheless, aggressive and often misleading marketing campaigns have made bottled water one of the most significant ...
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• Taking the Tesla for a spin

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  We took a short spin in a Tesla to see what an all-electric sports car was like. The Roadster Sport wasn’t totally silent, but it wasn’t loud — and it was fast (zero to 60 miles per hour in under 4 seconds). We got lots of looks, too. Tesla calls it “performance with a clean conscience” but building the ...
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• U.S. says no to Arctic fishing

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  (Reporting by Yereth Rosen in Alaska) There is currently no commercial fishing conducted in U.S. Arctic waters, and now there won’t be: a formal ban on commercial seafood harvests in U.S. waters north of the Bering Strait went into effect on Thursday. Environmentalists and fishery managers applauded the move as a ...
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• Forest carbon schemes – new hope for the Amazon?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  By Stuart Grudgings In the tiny settlement of Boa Frente on the banks of a tributary to the Amazon river, bright blue butterflies flitting through trees and the constant squawks of parrots add to the feeling of a paradise on earth. The poverty endured by most of its residents quickly shatters that illusion, but ...
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• What to do while the world burns

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  A firefighter puts out a fire at a village near Bangkok March 31, 2008. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang This opinion piece by Mort Rosenblum originally appeared in GlobalPost . The views expressed are his own. For the full article, click here . PARIS, France — Back when primal-scream therapy was the rage in ...
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• Chemicals Found in Tap Water- The Five Most Harmful

  
  Common Allergies And Symptoms — Authority: 133
  Harmful chemicals are in your supposedly safe drinking water, do you know? The fact that chemicals are found in tap water has never been hidden by the government. However, government officials focus on what they consider helpful chemicals such as fluoride. Since fluoride is needed to protect teeth from decay, this ...
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