Sentences with phrase «polluting the water supply»

Erosion and the loss of soil fertility cause further complications, and as yields decline, more and more petrochemical fertilizers are applied to the soil, finding their way into already polluted water supplies.

Organic farming avoids dangerous chemicals that not only kill soil but also run off into nearby steams, polluting our water supply and threatening wildlife.

A law firm hired by Hoosick Falls to negotiate with two companies blamed for polluting water supplies billed the village tens of thousands of dollars to provide public relations advice and to serve as the gatekeeper for numerous Freedom of Information Law requests filed by news organizations.

Some products, when poured down the drain or on the ground, can damage plumbing or septic systems, and pollute our water supplies.

Gina McCarthy, the administrator for the EPA, fired back at New York's commissioners of health and environmental conservation, who this week accused the federal agency of giving «conflicting guidance» about a toxic chemical that polluted water supplies in eastern Rensselaer County.

The Hoosick Falls village board, led by new mayor Rob Allen, has voted to cut ties with the law firm that had worked to write a failed settlement agreement with the companies deemed responsible for polluting water supplies with the chemical PFOA.

Opponents says while it will not pollute water supplies like hydrofracking can it is very dangerous as the gelled propane is flammable and explosive.

Two companies that operated a manufacturing plant blamed for polluting water supplies in Hoosick Falls are seeking dismissal of a federal class - action lawsuit filed on behalf of the residents affected by the contamination.

The defendant in court today should be Cabot Oil & Gas, for polluting the water supply of Dimock, PA and ruining people's lives there, not Vera Scroggins.

Residents of the small town of Hoosick Falls in upstate New York are trying to cope with a polluted water supply.

The environment has emerged as one of Beijing's key priorities amid growing public disquiet about urban smog, dwindling and polluted water supplies and the widespread industrial contamination of farmland.

An analysis of the worm by computer security company Symantec makes it abundantly clear that a few lines of malicious computer code can trip electricity grids, burn out power - station generators, pollute water supplies and sabotage gas...

Chemical defoliants, polluted water supplies, even the depleted uranium from modern armor - piercing bullets leaching into the land.

While he and his family try to deal with this grim diagnosis, they hope to use his love of karaoke as a way to inform others about the danger of polluted water supplies.

RPO But hey, the William Penn Foundation, best known for polluting water supplies, now surreptitiously appointed one of their own as VP Finance — since Laura «0 experience in higher ed» Sparks apparently wasn't enough.

I point out again that the pyrolyisis process applied to organic wastes would destroy germs, drugs and toxics so they would not be polluting water supplies.

How many lives did John Snow, a skeptic of the Miasma Theory, save by his discovery of the link between the Cholera outbreak in London in the 1850's and oral fecal methods of transmitting the disease via the polluted water supply.

Drilling for shale gas raises serious safety concerns and risks polluting water supplies — and it could take vital funding away from the clean energy solutions we know are safe and will work.

Not exact matches

Nearly two years ago, Flint city officials, under the guidance of a state - appointed emergency fiscal manager, switched their city's water supply from Lake Huron to the nearby polluted Flint River.

At Nsawam Adoagyiri in the Eastern region where a reservoir which supplies water to the area has gone low, residents have had to resort to the polluted Densu River for water.

The Village of Hoosick Falls has tabled a revised $ 1 million partial release and settlement agreement with the companies deemed responsible for polluting the municipal water supply with the chemical PFOA.

For decades, the Saint - Gobain factory in Hoosick Falls produced Teflon - coated materials that the EPA says may have polluted the village water supply with PFOA — a toxic chemical that is used in non-stick cookware, stain - resistant carpets and packaging.

According to the residents, the Tano river which serves as a major source of water supply for the people is being polluted by galamsey operators.

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.

Officials said the typical level of the toxic chemical found in the blood samples of more than 2,000 Rensselaer County residents is about 11 times higher than the national average, but well below levels detected in other areas of the nation where the contaminant has also polluted public water supplies.

He said the two organizations shared the belief that many diseases on the continent were caused by polluted water hence the initiative to supply water.

Hoosick Falls residents and local lawmakers say a proposed settlement between the village and two companies being blamed for polluting the municipal water supply doesn't go far enough.

Dan Shapley, Riverkeeper's water quality program manager, said the city's residents deserve to know if their health is at risk because the public water supply was polluted.

The designation opens up a legal avenue for the federal government to force the companies responsible for polluting the municipal water supply with a toxic chemical to pay for its clean up.

The Rensselaer County village of Hoosick Falls is considering a new draft of a proposed settlement between the companies deemed responsible for polluting local water supplies and village government.

The Hoosick Falls Village Board has reached an undisclosed draft settlement with Saint - Gobain Performance Plastics and Honeywell that calls for the two companies to pay for expenses the village incurred after learning in 2014 that its water supply was polluted with a toxic manufacturing chemical.

One year after the Village of Hoosick Falls tabled a controversial settlement agreement, the Rensselaer County community has agreed to accept payments from companies blamed for polluting local water supplies.

Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon is scheduled to visit Hoosick Falls on Wednesday afternoon to meet with residents of the embattled community who learned four years ago that their public and private water supplies had been polluted with a toxic manufacturing chemical.

The declaration would allow federal resources to be used to help clean up areas in the village contaminated with a man - made chemical that polluted public and private water supplies.

The companies operated manufacturing facilities where the chemical PFOA, which has been linked to cancer and other illnesses and polluted the town's water supply, was used.

Surface spills could taint soil and water, and «inadequate wastewater treatment» could leave water supplies polluted.

A 2012 ProPublica investigation of more than 700,000 injection wells across the country found that wells were often poorly regulated and experienced high rates of failure, outcomes that were likely polluting underground water supplies that are supposed to be protected by federal law.

Available water is so polluted that nearly 700 million Chinese citizens drink from supplies contaminated by human and animal excrement.

We here in North America have polluted and diverted our fresh water supplies far beyond nature's capacity to restore the flows, notably in the West where sprawling, thirsty metropolises have grown up in deserts where the only way water can be provided is to siphon it from other regions.

Agrochemicals applied in the paddy pollute these water - bodies and hence affect the entire food chain, thereby causing a decline in the overall fish, shrimp and frog supply — a resource freely available to the poor.

Those critics say fracking uses a deadly mixture of chemicals that pollutes the air and water supplies, and makes people sick.

They do particularly pick on processed meats, but in terms of global crises: «There is a... tsunami brewing, namely, we are seeing the confluence of growing constraints on water, energy, and food [supplies] combined with the rapid shift toward greater consumption of all animal source foods,» which, they note, are «inefficient, wasteful, and polluting.»

The toxins that get into fish from polluted waters are also making their way into the rest of our food supply, increasing the damage that it does to human detoxification pathways.

Another cause is likely to be found in the dangerous harsh chemicals present in our polluted food, air and water supply, ranging from pesticides to artificial hormones (present in meat and dairy from non-organic husbandry), as well as in the ubiquitous electro - magnetic fields from appliances, cell phones, computers, TVs, microwaves etc..

However having a ready supply of pure and abundant water is fast becoming a thing of the past as more and more lakes, rivers and water bodies are getting polluted.

Many studies have shown that canine waste that dog owners do not pickup pollutes the planet, with bacteria ending up in our water supplies.

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But the fact is China's desperate need for more domestically - produced power that doesn't further degrade their dwindling water supplies or pollute their air — which will give your eyes and lungs a good burn on a stagnant day — is a major catalyst for renewable energy growth in the Middle Kingdom.

It tears apart communities, poisons water supplies, pollutes the air and destroys our nation's natural heritage — while only making the climate crisis worse.

Even in wealthier nations where piped water supplies mean that water pollution poses fewer direct threats to human health, many lakes and rivers are polluted.