Sentences with phrase «contaminated water systems»

But we're not always clear about which people are most exposed and impacted.The harm that comes with rising seas and contaminated water systems isn't evenly distributed.

«If Governor Cuomo gives the green light for Fracking, does he have a plan on how to deal with cleaning up contaminated water systems like those we saw last week in Pennsylvania?»

Finally, digital radiology is environmentally friendly because there are no chemicals to contaminate water systems.

Digital radiology is environmentally friendly because there are no chemicals to contaminate water systems.

Not exact matches

The Slingshot, a purification system developed by American inventor Dean Kamen, CEO of DEKA Research & Development, can take any type of dirty water — be it river water, contaminated H2O, even raw sewage — and make it clean and consumable.

In Puerto Rico and the USVI, the outages have led to ongoing health and environmental crises as idled sanitation systems have forced some to drink from contaminated wells and other water sources.

Through a unique process known worldwide as the BIDA ® System, our biofiltration technology is capable of producing water suitable for irrigation from waste water sources contaminated with organic solids and nutrients.

Flooding can contaminate the public water system due to rain waters overrunning the sewage system, and worse — septic tanks overflowing!

In June 1998, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency said the park needed to obtain a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit because the lead shot from shotgun shells may contaminate the ground and run - off water.

An 1884 newspaper illustration, for example, depicted a skeleton disguised as a fruit seller offering produce to little children, suggesting that raw, unboiled fruits and vegetables led to cholera.17 The actual culprit, especially in such turn - of - the - century urban metropolises as New York City, with its inadequate, overloaded water and sewer systems, was most likely bacteria residing on the outside of the produce, or contaminated water or milk that happened to be ingested, rather than anything in the produce itself.18 Given the laxative effect of fruits and vegetables if consumed in excess, however, it is understandable that people assumed fresh produce might contribute to diseases with symptoms that included diarrhea.

Nothing like being born into a fecal contaminated pool of tepid water to build baby's immune system and gut flora!

The governor's office points to a «loophole» in federal regulations that exemptions water systems serving less than 10,000 people from testing for contaminates like 1,4 - dioxane.

The Times Union reported Sunday that the state Health Department was informed in August 2014 that the toxic chemical had contaminated the village water system, but it took months before the public was formally notified, and more than a year for the state to adopt the EPA's position that water should not be consumed.

Even with all of NY's cumbersome regulations, the water still got contaminated and NY State was oblivious to the hazards so it sounds more like the system isn't working so why not curtail some of those regulations?

Mayor David Borge said the flushing would «move any residual PFOA - contaminated water in the system to the local sanitary sewer system.»

The first homes in the Bennington, Vermont area with wells contaminated with the chemical PFOA have been hooked up to a clean municipal water system.

The town is installing a well and water supply system for five properties where wells were contaminated with sodium and chloride from the town's road salt stockpile.

Hundreds of thousands of residents in Suffolk County continue to use outdated septic systems or cesspools, which has led to increased levels of nitrogen contaminating Long Island's water.

The Rensselaer County village of Hoosick Falls, which has been grappling with a chemically - tainted water supply, can now begin flushing contaminated water lines after the installation of a temporary filtration system.

The City of Norwich will receive funds to cover additional work related to the removal of contaminated soil, which was delaying the start of the tank construction as part of the upgrades to the Norwich water system.

Most of those afflicted live in developing countries, where there is not enough clean drinking water or effective sanitation systems to keep infected feces from contaminating food and water, and where human excrement is used to fertilize crops.

A Seattle suburb was making progress cleansing its E. coli - contaminated water supply through system - wide flushes and chlorine injections, a task made more urgent after the potentially deadly bacteria sickened a child, officials said on Tuesday.

Here are some other top successes: destroying stockpiles of chemical weapons globally as well as local stores of DDT in Tanzania; new cooking stoves to eliminate indoor air pollution in Ghana; separating copper mine tailings from the local water supply in Chile; alternative fuels to reduce air pollution in New Delhi as well as treating arsenic in well water in West Bengal; removing lead - contaminated soil in the Dominican Republic and Russia; reducing mercury vapors from artisanal gold mining in Indonesia; and new sewage systems to clean up contaminated Suzhou Creek in Shanghai.

If the water is contaminated, the cleaning steps are checked and the filtration system is repaired, if necessary.

Because it delivers nearly instantaneous results, it could serve as the basis for in - home detection systems that alert users if the water coming from their faucets is suddenly contaminated, he says.

«Given that 85 percent of residents on the Cape rely on septic systems, the risk of contaminated water is a real health concern.»

The Russians have engineered their system so that when they break through into the lake, water pressure from below is supposed to push the drilling fluids up the hole, rather than letting them pour into the lake and contaminate it.

Through December 31, 2016, the Defense Department had spent about $ 200 million to assess contaminated sites, test water systems, and provide filters and bottled water in response to PFOA and PFOS.

DuPont agreed to install water filtration systems in the six contaminated water districts near its plant as well as pay $ 70 million for research.

Across the state of California, over 300 systems carry water that has been contaminated by agricultural runoff or naturally occurring pollutants like arsenic and uranium.

Most of those afflicted live in developing countries, where there is not enough clean drinking water or effective sanitation systems to keep infected feces from contaminating food and water, and where human excrement is used to fertilize crops.

Water systems are contaminated with lead and have been treated with fluoride, chlorine and many other chemicals.

To add insult to injury, our water is often contaminated with the hormones that women on hormonal birth control pee into our water systems, plus things like fluoride, pesticides and possibly heavy metals.

The NRDC does caution, however, that pregnant women, young children, the elderly, people with chronic illnesses and those with weakened immune systems can be especially vulnerable to the risks posed by contaminated water.

During the flush and fill, rust, corrosion, and contaminated engine coolant are removed, and the cooling system is refilled with the appropriate ratio of water and coolant to protect against freezing, boil - over, and corrosion.

Hookworms, roundworms, heartworms, and whipworms can get into her system in a number of ways: drinking unclean water, walking on contaminated soil, or being bitten by an infected mosquito.

An immune system that's resistant to domestic germs may not hold up to foreign bacteria, but smart preparation with Travelan can save you from uncomfortable — and often untimely — side effects of contaminated food and water.

-LSB-...] Toxic substances in the waste - including arsenic, mercury, chromium, and cadmium - can contaminate drinking water supplies and damage vital human organs and the nervous system.»

Here's something else to consider (and worthy of a massive class action lawsuit): the water and sewer systems they «require» you to hook up to are providing you with water contaminated with hundreds of pharmaceuticals; you have no way of knowing what peed - out drugs are still in your water supply because although «they» know it's there, they won't tell you for fear you might object.

Fracking also poses other hazards, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, which warns that besides contaminating drinking water with toxic and carcinogenic chemicals, fracking could trigger earthquakes, poison livestock, and overburden wastewater systems.

Concerns about the proposed Letcher site stem from an alarming set of tests on the property that have already shown the water system that would supply the prison is contaminated by high levels of fecal coliform bacteria and hepatitis A.

In the 1990s, leaks from the Braidwood nuclear station in Illinois contaminated local wells, and owner Exelon Corp. had to provide a new municipal water system.

Backflow is a potential issue in a water system because contaminated water can come back...

People are also more aware than ever that industrial pollutants and pesticides from farm fields can contaminate water supplies, to the point where drinking bottled water and using water filtration systems in homes is commonplace.