Sentences with phrase «in our water supply»

«Most Canadians have never experienced the fear that comes with losing confidence in their water supply,» says Sandford.

A boost in production can not happen without a substantial increase in water supply, and since Iraq has scarce freshwater resources, processed seawater is the only option.

Treating the issue by putting lithium in water supply won't work.

Kings did build city walls, bring in water supplies and fight battles for their people.

He built the city wall for them, he brought in the water supply for them, and he fought their battles.

For example, would you take a pill (or support legislation to put it in our water supply) that does away with sexual desire and then have all reproduction occur by «test tubes» or cloning?

It's important to know how much fluoride is in your water supply so your child's doctor can make the right decision about fluoride for your baby.

Because rice is grown in water, any arsenic in the water supply binds to the rice as it grows.

In some areas with «hard water,» there is a chance that vinegar can mix with trace minerals in your water supply, causing your diapers to smell acrid once urinated upon.

In some countries, such as Bangladesh, the reduction in the case fatality rate can be attributed largely to improved case management, rather than changes in water supply, sanitation, or personal hygiene.

During the past 3 decades, changes in water supply, sanitation, and personal hygiene are believed to have contributed to a decline in the mortality rate in developing countries.

Even if those chemicals don't harm humans, they eventually accumulate in the water supply and hurt sensitive species like amphibians.

Infants were followed up through a structured telephone interview every 4 months (ie, at 4, 8, and 12 months), which included questions about general dietary patterns (breast and formula feeding), the timing of introduction of solid foods (including rice cereal), and changes in water supply.

State lawmakers had tough questions for the top officials in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration regarding their response to the communities dealing with PFOA and PFOS contamination in their water supply.

The candidates weighed in on issues ranging from economic development, to fluoride in the water supply, to making Watertown a more welcoming place for dogs during the two - hour question - and - answer session.

Months after the state of New York began responding to high levels of a toxic chemical in water supplies in Hoosick Falls, several steps have been taken, including the installation of filtration systems on the village water supply and private wells.

Senator Chuck Schumer is pushing for $ 100 million in funding to help schools test for lead in water supplies.

The proposal came the same week the state Senate released a report revealing the discovery of «potentially dangerous contaminants» in the water supply in Newburgh, Orange County, and as the village of Hoosick Falls weighs a legal settlement with a private company over carcinogenic chemicals in their drinking water.

The Cuomo administration was initially slow to respond to the threat posed by PFOA in water supplies in Hoosick Falls, but has been increasingly aggressive following a widely publicized federal Environmental Protection Agency warning not to drink the water in the village in December.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R - Utah, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said in a letter sent to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy late Wednesday that he wants to know «how and why» the residents of Hoosick Falls were not warned of a deadly carcinogen in their water supply even after the agency was made aware of the problem.

He mentioned the upgrading of Zuarungu market, construction of modern community library, construction of CHPs compound, improvement in water supply, building of school blocks in Gambibgo, Nyokoko, Dubila and Kumbosco as some phenomenal development he has pursued and said they were all meant to improve the living standards of the constituents.

Lib Dem health spokesman Norman Lamb said: «Local communities must have the power to decide if and when they want fluoride in their water supplies.»

This comes at a cost to governments and in some cases, private individuals who are engaged in water supply as their business.

Television news crews and print reporters are an almost daily presence on the town's main thoroughfare, Route 22, and men, women and children unaccustomed to the spotlight are growing tired of once again being asked to describe how they feel about the poison in their water supply.

HOOSICK FALLS — State officials said on Friday that they did not test water in Petersburgh for the toxic chemical PFOA in 2014, even though a state employee privately raised the possibility of its presence in the water supply, because it was not on federal regulation lists.

EPA Region 2 Administrator Judith Enck said the federal agency had a health advisory in place since 2009 recommending that PFOA in water supplies not exceed 400 parts per trillion for short - term exposure, which would be weeks or months.

New York City will adjust its procedure of testing for lead in the water supply of schools, after experts said the city's methods could lower the levels found.

Depending on the extent of the pollution in Newburgh, an even larger portion of the public could have been exposed to chemicals in their water supply.

ALBANY — Thousands of Newburgh residents may have been exposed to a toxic chemical linked to cancer in their water supply but it's unclear if the state plans to conduct blood tests.

Mayor David Borge opened the Village Board meeting defending the agreement, which he said was needed to help the village recoup the losses it had incurred since the toxic manufacturing chemical, PFOA, was discovered in the water supply.

A Rensselaer County community is awaiting further testing to determine if a chemical found in its water supply poses a threat to health and safety.

Hein says he ordered the initial tests after lead and other contaminants were found in water supplies in Flint, Michigan and other places.

They are used in trainings, and another study found the runoff can end up in the water supply.

Fallout from the discovery of the toxic chemical in the water supply of Hoosick Falls later erupted into a war of finger - pointing between local, state and federal agencies after questions emerged in late 2015 about why it took at least 14 months before residents were warned to stop drinking from the village's contaminated wells.

Last November, we took you to the small and rural village of Hoosick Falls, which was grappling with a report of contaminated water after elevated levels of the chemical perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA was detected in the water supply.

Hoosick Falls, which had high levels of PFOA in its water supply, has since installed a temporary filter on its water system, though many private wells have not been cleared for use.

Two Ithaca schools are continuing to show elevated lead levels in water supplies despite assurances that

But since it stays in the water supply for a long time, and because it's in longer - lasting dishwashing liquid and sunburn relief sprays, triclosan could be helping to build the next generation of resistant super-bacteria.

The legislative hearing to examine New York's drinking - water problems was prompted, mostly, by the state Health Department's controversial response to the 2014 discovery of a toxic manufacturing chemical in the water supplies of Hoosick Falls.

In a town already struggling with the chemical PFOA in water supplies, another industrial chemical, PFOS, was detected in samples from four private wells.

Yet even as worry grew in Hoosick Falls, the Health Department told local officials last January that the amount of PFOA that had been found in the water supply «does not constitute an immediate health hazard,» though it recognized a need to «take measures to reduce it.»

In the Capital Region, concerns about PFOA found in water supplies in Rensselaer County erupted in 2014 when Michael Hickey, a former village trustee whose father died of cancer, sent samples from the Hoosick Falls water system to a Canadian lab that reported levels of PFOA that the EPA had advised were not safe for human consumption.

Last year, the EPA declared that PFOA levels in water supplies should not exceed 70 parts per trillion.

Marc Edwards — Dr. Edwards was recognized by AAAS for his efforts to apply his engineering expertise to revealing dangerous levels of lead contamination in water supplies in Flint, Michigan.

Marc Edwards, a civil and environmental engineer whose team documented lead contamination in the water supply of Flint, Mich., has been awarded the 2018 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

For decades, however, efforts to safeguard drinking water were hampered because no one had an accurate sense of the full range of contaminants in the water supply, nor of the geographic extent of the pollution.

The Environmental Working Group analysis of 20 million tap water quality tests found a total of 316 contaminants — including industrial solvents, weed killers, refrigerants and the rocket fuel component perchlorate — in water supplied to the public between 2004 and 2009.

Last November, the EPA added another 134 pesticides and industrial chemicals found in water supplies.

Researchers at Dartmouth's Ke Functional Materials Group are also hopeful that the technique can be used to create materials to target other types of inorganic and organic pollutants, particularly antibiotics in water supplies that can lead to the creation of super-resistant microorganisms.

In 1993, an outbreak of cryptosporidium in the water supply sickened 400,000 people in Greater Milwaukee, he said.