Sentences with phrase «most public water supplies»

The trouble is, most public water supplies are loaded with hazardous contaminants, such as disinfection byproducts (DBPs), fluoride, and pharmaceutical drugs, to name just a few.

Is your tap water fluoridated like most public water supplies?

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HOOSICK FALLS — Gov. Andrew Cuomo made his first visit to Hoosick Falls on Sunday, about 100 days after the polluted town water supply blew up into one of the most serious public health crises his administration has experienced.

Drinking water free of chemicals like sodium fluoride and chlorine is essential because water will help flush the waste away, but the chemicals dumped into most western public water supplies will kill off good intestinal flora, and therefore should be avoided.

Most of the contaminants in public water supplies exist at such small concentrations that most people would have to ingest very large quantities for health problems to ocMost of the contaminants in public water supplies exist at such small concentrations that most people would have to ingest very large quantities for health problems to ocmost people would have to ingest very large quantities for health problems to occur.

There is a public water supply on the island but this isn't very wide reaching and so most resorts rely on their own wells and bore holes for year round fresh water.

There are immense direct and indirect public benefits in transitioning to an efficient renewable energy system in terms of reduced incidence of diseases such as asthma, freeing up of most of the supplies of water that are now used for thermal electricity generation (and hence reduced conflict over water), reduced air, water, and soil pollution that accompanies fossil fuel production, processing and use, and greatly improved prospects of avoiding the worst consequences of climate change.