Sentences with phrase «own private good»

Proceeding in this way enables us to connect the private good of individuals with the common good of the community, unlike liberal theories of justice that consider only «rights.»

Dislocation carries with it a temptation to be preoccupied with self, to flee the hard task of community formation for the sake of private well - being.

But we may — and must — aspire to be servants of one another, to seek the common rather than our own private good.

Individuals can, in this view, identify their own private good with the common good because nature has constituted them to enjoy the approbation of their peers.

From what has been said thus far, it is obvious that the liberty of individuals to pursue private good is the major moral concern of the new reformers and for this reason their ethical views can fairly be seen as a variety of the contractarian social ethic now increasingly characteristic of political society.

If you have a private well, get the water tested before using it for your baby's formula.

Prenatal and newborn care for patients with private wells should include recommendation for testing well water for nitrate contamination.

If the source is a private well, the water should be tested for nitrate.

Most reported cases have been ascribed to the use of contaminated well water for preparation of infant formula.1 — 3 Fifteen million families in the United States obtain their drinking water from unregulated wells.4 In a survey of 5500 private water supplies from 9 Midwestern states, 13 % of the wells were found to have nitrate concentrations > 10 mg / L or 10 ppm nitrate nitrogen, 5 the federal maximum contaminant level.6 It is estimated that 2 million families drink water from private wells that fail to meet the federal drinking - water standard for nitrate, and 40000 infants younger than 6 months live in homes that have nitrate - contaminated water supplies.4 In urban areas, municipal wastewater - treatment discharges (a source of nutrients) on surrounding farmland aggravate the problem.7

Nitrate poisoning is very very rare and when it does occur, it is typically traced back to ground water contamination — specifically from contaminated private wells.2

«We advise families with private wells to have their tap water tested for arsenic,» Dr. Margaret Karagas, senior author and professor at Dartmouth's Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center, said in a press release.

In many rural areas, private well water, which is not subject to regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency, is the primary water source.

More perfluorooctanoic acid was detected in Petersburgh after an additional 40 private wells were sampled, Rensselaer County officials said.

Friday's announcement from the state Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Health said 20 additional properties with private wells would be hooked up to municipal water lines.

Private well owners in the communities have had water supplies affected by the chemicals PFOA and PFOS.

DOH has sampled 51 private wells in the area of Lake Washington to date.

Earlier in the week, more people in North Bennington with private wells learned their water was contaminated with PFOA.

Nicole Ficeto, the town's grants coordinator, briefed the board on the State Environmental Facilities Corporation's Intermunicipal Water Infrastructure Grants Program, detailing how the town and the water authority could partner to apply for a grant for drinking - water infrastructure improvement, in this case to extend water mains to residential properties serviced at present by private wells.

Suffolk County Health Department officials testing water from private wells near East Hampton Airport have found levels of chemicals at one residence above the Environmental Protection Agency's acceptable level for lifetime exposure.

«Residents of Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh have a right to know timely information about the condition of water in their public systems and private wells.

Those residences have private wells that were found to contain PFOA from a former manufacturing plant that Saint - Gobain operated in that area from 2000 to 2002.

Cuomo said about 300 treatment systems have been installed on private wells, and those are also not usable at this point.

About 4 million New York residents are served by private wells, according to the state.

«DEC is moving as swiftly as possible to install filtration systems on private wells and to complete the testing to ensure the water is safe to drink,» acting DEC commissioner Basil Seggos said in a statement.

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.

The state is spending $ 10 million to install 1,500 private well water treatment systems in the region and to plan for a new water system.

The Health Department cited the privacy rights of the private well owners.

Cuomo also said he'd advance legislation requiring the testing of private wells, which provide water to four million state residents.

Specifically, Mr. Krupski said it's not yet clear if homeowners with private wells will be subject to the fees, a concern echoed by Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell, who noted that a majority of residents in his town are hooked up to private wells.

I recently moved to the country, have a private well and am on the fringe of the Marcellus Shale area.

Private wells in Petersburgh that show PFOA levels above 70 ppt now quality for a carbon filter.

The move would include private well water sources.

Furnish the same type of evidence to show that the injection of these chemicals would pose absolutely no contamination threat to private wells.

Officials in Vermont, New Hampshire and New York are expanding their efforts to find out how much of a potentially toxic chemical ended up in drinking water, from private wells to public water systems.

«The situation in Hoosick Falls is far from resolved, and those with private wells have been without consistent access to clean drinking water for months,» McLaughlin wrote.

Perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, has been detected in the municipal water system as well as private wells in and around Hoosick Falls.

While, up to this point, the examination of the water pollution has centered on the Hoosick Falls village's municipal well system, it was revealed by state health officials that PFOA has also been detected in private wells on the outskirts of the village in the town of Hoosick Falls.

State officials were aware that those negotiations did not include private wells, dozens of which have since tested positive for elevated levels of the chemical, the records show.

Also on Friday, state officials announced that dozens of private wells in Hoosick Falls have tested positive for PFOA pollution.

It also aims to improve recycling policies State - wide and provide cleaner water by establishing and promoting stricter standards for testing drinking water from private wells.

The Westchester County Department of Health on Wednesday urged people with private wells that were flooded to either boil their water before consumption or to use bottled water as a precautionary measure since sewage and other harmful contaminants can be washed into private wells by storm waters.

The lower number was based on sampling of about 2,000 people, including many residents on private wells outside of the village that were not polluted as well as residents who moved away years ago.

The testing for perfluorooctanoic acid or PFOA was conducted by the state Department of Health between Jan. 27 and Feb. 25 on public and private wells.

They include Charles Carr, a homeowner whose private well had a PFOA level of 390 parts per trillion when it was tested last year, far above the advisory level of 70 ppt for a drinking water source established recently by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

In recent weeks, traces of the chemical have been found in private wells and public water supplies in the town of Hoosick, well outside the village, and in North Bennington, Vt., where Saint - Gobain also had a manufacturing plant that closed in 2002.

With $ 10 million in funds dedicated to cleaning up the water supply, the state Department of Environmental Conservation has begun installation of new filtration systems on private wells, with more than 100 installed already.

While this questionnaire focuses on the communities of Hoosick Falls, NY, Petersburgh, NY, and North Bennington, VT, we would welcome responses from former workers in the plants, regardless of where they live, as well as responses from residents with PFOA contaminated private wells in the surrounding communities (including Eagle Bridge and White Creek in New York, and Bennington, Pownal, and Shaftsbury in Vermont).

The village does have a water filtration system, which Seggos said was never intended to be a permanent solution, and some residents on private wells have filtration systems too.

Furthermore, the contract did not appear to cover the costs of future biomonitoring which has included the testing of private wells and household blood sampling, conducted by the New York State Department of Health, for anyone in and around the Hoosick Falls area.

The state has already completed one phase of the cleanup and has extended clean, municipal water to several surrounding homes with private wells.