Sentences with phrase «clean drinking water says»

At least one advocate for clean drinking water says the state should be acting with more urgency to ensure that water is safe to drink.

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«This clean, safe emergency drinking water was already canned and ready to be shipped when the Red Cross issued an urgent request to support communities hit by Hurricane Harvey,» the company said.

For, say, a half - hour meeting of six writers and an editor at a company the size of Inc., the $ 189 spent could give clean drinking water to 9 people in Africa for 20 years, or «significantly impact» relief efforts in Haiti.

«Firefighters and relief workers are in need of safe, clean drinking water, and Anheuser - Busch is in a unique position to produce and ship emergency drinking water,» said Peter Kraemer, vice president of Supply for Anheuser - Busch.

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A spokeswoman said the Red Cross relocated the 14 staff members in Aden, which could negatively affect the area in a big way: The group's Aden operations include supporting a surgical hospital and providing clean drinking water to the city.

Drinking a glass of lemon water first thing in the morning is said to have a cleansing and energizing effect on the system (some even say it helps you lose weight!).

For a longer stay, I'd pass, for reasons like: a.) we've come too far to regress and send the taste - buds back to industrialized hell for 3 squares a day for a length of time b.) my asthmatic child legitimately has an adverse reaction to artificial dyes and processed foods c.) if a camp cuts corners these days when it comes to food when fresh produce & clean drinking water is so widely available, it would make me wonder what else are they cutting corners on d.) I'd feel like a hypocrite for teaching them healthy eating habits, only to send them away for... say 3 weeks or a month....

A: Past generations used to use boiling water to sterilize baby bottles, but doctors now say that drinking water is safe enough to clean with.

The governor said he will also propose a $ 2 billion fund for clean drinking water infrastructure improvements.

The governor, in his second of six State of the State addresses around the state this week, said he will also propose a $ 2 billion fund for clean drinking water infrastructure improvements.

With local water contamination crises rocking our state in recent months, the last thing our residents should have to worry about is clean drinking water,» said McLaughlin.

This administration has proposed cuts to funding for human services, starved our infrastructure of the resources it needs and paid millions of dollars in fines for being unable to provide clean drinking water but can spend several million dollars taking care of the law firms that employ his campaign donors,» said Brian Hegt, spokesman for the BoL Democratic Caucus.

«This is about disclosure and empowering consumers,» said state Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D - Long Beach), who has filed a bill to ban the sale in of cosmetic and cleaning products with 1,4 - dioxane in New York, and require the state to set a safe drinking water standard for the chemical.

Looking forward, he said, «We have a lot of work to do... continuing many of the efforts we've undertaken — making sure our drinking water is clean, making sure that our bays, harbors, and creeks are productive and clean.

«This major investment will ensure that Auburn and Owasco residents continue to have access to clean drinking water and will prevent harmful algal toxins from contaminating the water supply,» Cuomo said.

President Mahama said the Government had taken Ghana from 58 per cent access to clean drinking water in 2008 to 76 per cent access in 2016.

«We want to continue to protect and preserve our most important element resource which is our water, it's an inalienable right and we have a responsibility to ensure that our citizens are drinking clean water,» said Assemblyman Frank Skartados.

«It is shameful that as communities across the state struggle to find the funding to repair crumbling sewage systems and drinking water supplies, we learn that the Cuomo Administration was working in secret for more than a year to divert more than a half a billion dollars from clean water funds to pay for a new bridge,» said Peter Iwanowicz, the executive director of Environmental Advocates of New York.

In Ghana, he said, its immediate mission was to make available the means to respond at short notice, safe clean drinking water following a major natural disaster and that it would continue to explore other areas of service to the community and this includes health service and initiating new skills training programmes.

«We have to have clean drinking water getting into homes,» he said.

«Through the Governor's leadership, we have secured this commitment from Taconic plastics to install a carbon filtration system that would provide clean drinking water to residents in Petersburgh,» said Acting DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos.

But 500 days after the contamination was confirmed, village residents say they feel like they've been shunted aside, even as their crisis spurred a focus on clean drinking water problems throughout New York.

«Clean drinking water is a critical component of building healthy communities and this administration is working hard to address emerging threats that place it in jeopardy,» Cuomo said in a news release.

The Democrat said conditions on the island remain «deplorable» and noted that 80 percent of residents remain without power and almost a third have no access to clean drinking water more than a month after Hurricane Maria hit.

«The Clean Water Infrastructure Act of 2017 commits historic levels of funding and takes aggressive actions to preserve our water supply while creating a national model for the protection of drinking water,» said New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard ZuWater Infrastructure Act of 2017 commits historic levels of funding and takes aggressive actions to preserve our water supply while creating a national model for the protection of drinking water,» said New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zuwater supply while creating a national model for the protection of drinking water,» said New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zuwater,» said New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker.

«One of the most basic things that any developed society wants to do is to get clean drinking water and water for cooking,» said Richard Geddes, an infrastructure expert and professor in Cornell University's College of Human Ecology.

They say local governments in New York badly need the money to keep their drinking water clean, including Long Island water treatment plants damaged after Hurricane Sandy.

Meanwhile, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation says work is continuing on finding the village a source of clean drinking water.

What's interesting is they are smart enough not to go to Congress and say, «We want to repeal the Safe Drinking Water Act or want to repeal the Clean Air Act,» because even in this Congress it wouldn't fly.

Madeleine Foote of the League of Conservation Voters said, «This executive order is about one thing: protecting polluters at the expense of our communities and their access to clean drinking water.»

«I urge leaders in Albany to convene hearings so that we can examine how officials at all levels of government have responded to contaminated drinking water in upstate communities and what must be done to restore access to clean water for residents in those communities,» she said in a statement.

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«We need to make sure residents in the City of Newburgh have water that is safe for their families and children to drink, and the EPA has the expertise and resources when it comes to testing for PFOS pollution and devising clean - up plans,» Schumer said in a statement.

«I would like to see more done to clean our lakes for drinking water and recreation, including preventing the dangerous algal blooms,» she said.

Lorigo also said he intends to research how water providers in other counties operate to see if the county can adopt a different model for providing clean, safe drinking water to county residents.

The astronauts» drinking water is, microbiologically speaking, cleaner than just about anything they drink on earth, says Ott.

«The average person will pay more to have clean drinking water, like in the city of Des Moines,» Loecke said.

«The human impact from not having clean drinking water is acute, with sewage treatment often coming next,» she said.

«This technology can create clean drinking water, regardless of how dirty it is, in a single step,» Dr Seo said.

Those tasked with keeping Michigan's water clean say they are confident that this treatment method, already used in many places to purify drinking supplies, will work.

Piers Mitchell said: «Modern research has shown that toilets, clean drinking water and removing faeces from the streets all decrease risk of infectious disease and parasites.

«The right way to naturally cleanse longterm would be to drink fresh juices in addition to eating whole foods, hydrating with water, and reducing your intake of added sugar, processed foods, and alcohol,» she says.

Drink clean water — says the environmentalist in me!

► An abandoned house is surrounded by workmen and a woman, all of whom have their shirts covering their nose and mouth because they say the smell of human feces is bad inside; one man covers his mouth and nose, chokes and coughs, enters the house and finds feces all over the bathroom walls, toilet and bathroom floors, as well as throughout a hallway to the front door and one wall contains the words «Kill Bankers»; he runs out, vomits (we see dark goo), he drinks water and spits some water out and then persuades a few men and the woman outside to begin to clean up the mess and the scene ends.

That all said, if you are backpacking along a stream or want to clean any water on a trip to a country where you wouldn't want to drink the tap water, you can't go wrong with a UV pen, and the SteriPEN Ultra is the best one you're going to find.

Officials with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) say many dogs also had no clean drinking water or food, and were suffering from various medical conditions, including skin and eye disease and severe dental issues.

Tribune: Speakers at a seminar held on Thursday called for tangible steps to fight climate change and provide potable water to as many as 1.2 billion people who, they said, lacked access to clean drinking water.

On other issues, however, Trump has said he will work for clean drinking water and preserving federal lands.