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Water Worries

Apr 15, 2009

Unless you have been hiding out in a cave, you can’t help but notice the abundance of news about drinking water. It seems that most news we hear, at least in recent times, is some sort of attack on bottled water. There are more and more advocates of tap water every day, telling people not to drink bottled water or that bottled water is bad for a whole host of reasons....

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News Releases

50 reasons to oppose fluoridation

Dr. Paul Connet, Ph.D. of St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY offers 50 reasons to oppose fluoridation as listed below and the statements are slightly edited.

1, Humans don’t need fluoride to have good teeth;

2, Fluoridation is unnecessary. Most Western European countries...

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Report: Harmful chemical found in tap water of 31 U.S. cities

Millions of Americans in at least 31 U.S. cities could be drinking tap water contaminated with the harmful chemical hexavalent chromium, according to a report released Monday by the non-profit Environmental Working Group.

While the dangerous carcinogen, otherwise known as chromium-6, ma...

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Health Highlights: Aug. 26, 2009

A common herbicide tied to reproductive disruptions in humans may be occurring at higher levels in U.S. drinking water than is being detected by the Environmental Protection Agency, according to a report issued Monday by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC).<...

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