Sentences with phrase «toxic water in»

«All four of the St. Louis area coal plants competed for the title by listing off why that coal plant is the biggest contributor to toxic water in our community.»

«As the federal official who alerted the public about the risk of drinking the toxic water in Hoosick Falls, I continue to be concerned that the state of New York has not learned the lessons from their water crisis,» she said in a statement provided to the Times Union late Tuesday.

This is a crucial need in New York, which faces aging infrastructure and toxic water in areas such as Hoosick Falls, Newburgh and areas of Long Island.

Not exact matches

The tiny, synthetic beads — found in facial cleansers, hand washes and toothpastes — have been found to pollute our waters and introduce toxic chemicals into the food chain.

Mark Rubinstein, the lead author of the study, said «the vapor produced by e-cigarettes is not harmless water vapor, but actually contains some of the same toxic chemicals found in smoke from traditional cigarettes.»

As the officers came in, drenched from wading in toxic waters and standing in the pouring rain, she steered them toward tables where they could get dry socks, underwear and clothes.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

Yet you know those toxic chemicals in water?

Recent changes to California Proposition 65 — also called the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act — that go into effect in August 2018 will require beverage companies to call out specific chemical names in addition to a warning symbol.

Many processing stages result in large amounts of untreated toxic wastewater being carried into drinking water sources.

Organic agriculture protects the health of people and the planet by reducing overall exposure to toxic chemicals from synthetic pesticides that can end up in the ground, air, water and food supply, and that are associated with health consequences, from asthma to cancer.

Many brands produce their spirulina in toxic waters, and since our oceans are filled with mercury and toxins on so many accounts due to climate change and pollution, it's highly important to choose a brand of spirulina that has direct control over the growth and control of the production of their spirulina products.

My life before Bhumi was in International Public Health and it was here that I saw first hand the disastrous health and environmental impacts of traditional cotton growing with farmer suicides, child labour, pesticide poisoning, birth defects, harmful dyes and toxic water ways.

GOTS means inputs used in processing, such as dyes and inks, comply with strict biodegradability and toxicity requirements, factories have functioning wastewater treatment plants to protect local ecosystems and water supplies, products do not contain any allergenic, carcinogenic or toxic chemical residues and core International Labour Organization, ILO, conventions are adhered to.

They're also high in iodine which we need for healthy thyroid levels, and when you buy from an organic source, they're free of mercury and heavy metals that hurt our health (unlike fish which is incredibly toxic due to the polluted waters it is found in and the way it is produced.)

In the face of formidable threats — deforestation, soil erosion, and water pollution from toxic agrochemicals — the government and private sector have turned to the Rainforest Alliance to help safeguard the future of Ceylon tea, which accounts for 19 percent of the global tea supply.

It could take up to two years to find a solution to Katherine's water supply woes, with authorities warning usage restrictions triggered by potentially toxic PFAS chemicals will remain in place until a new water source for the town is established.

The Green Revolution led to massive genetic erosion in farmers fields and knowledge, erosion among farming communities, besides leading to large scale environmental pollution due to use of toxic agrichemicals and wasteful use of water.

To help you navigate through the toxic waters that have formed in the area where the poisonous political basin met the not - so - pristine waters of conference realignment, let's go to the scorecard.

And adverse physical surroundings do play a role in children's development, especially when they are literally toxic, as when children are exposed to lead in their drinking water or carbon monoxide in the air they breathe.

Some ingredients from just one of the manufacturers we carry: — Recycled Rubber wood (clean, natural rubber wood recycled from rubber trees no longer able to produce latex); — Non-Chemical Preservative Wood (stabilized using a chemical - free kiln - drying process); — Non-Formaldehyde Glue (toys assembled using a non-formaldehyde glue in place of the traditional toxic wood glue); — Water Based Dye (non-toxic, water based dyes to add accent colors to products, containing no heavy metal elements such as lead, mercury, eWater Based Dye (non-toxic, water based dyes to add accent colors to products, containing no heavy metal elements such as lead, mercury, ewater based dyes to add accent colors to products, containing no heavy metal elements such as lead, mercury, etc..)

She says for babies, anything, even water, can be toxic in the wrong concentration.

However, more and more, whales and other sea animals are exposed to toxic waste in the water where they live and eat.

The original gripe water, first used by nannies and moms in England in the 1850s, contained alcohol — which people used to think relaxed babies (now we know that giving any alcohol to a baby can be toxic).

In an email to its members, the NYLCV touted Avella's «tireless work» on some of the organization's key agenda items, like getting toxic chemicals out of children's products, promoting clean energy and protecting clean drinking water.

The village of Hoosick Falls has received a $ 220,000 grant from the state Environmental Facilities Corp. to help cover engineering and other expenses that followed the discovery three years ago of a toxic chemical in the community's water supplies.

The two Democrats made their call at Washington Lake, Newburgh's main drinking water supply, where toxic PFOS contamination was found in the spring of 2016.

Hoosick Falls residents came to the Capitol on Wednesday to demand hearings on the water crisis that has revealed high levels of a toxic chemical in many people's blood streams.

Overflowing sewers, runoff from chemical plants and seepage from toxic waste sites have created a hazardous stew in the waters covering much of the nation's fourth largest city, and officials are just beginning to grapple with the health problems looming.

By Jesse McKinley ALBANY — For the second time in two weeks, New York State Department of Health officials sought to blame the Environmental Protection Agency for a contaminated water crisis in upstate New York, saying on Wednesday that they were confused and hamstrung by changing federal standards on perfluorooctanoic acid, a toxic chemical known as PFOA.

The public hearing held by the DEC yielded 6000 comments raising several new concerns about risks to our water supply such as the presence of a toxic chemical dump in the middle of the pipeline alignment.

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.

In addition, the Senate and Assembly approved a bill, spurred by the water crisis in Hoosick Falls, that would increase the statute of limitations and give anyone who becomes sick from toxic exposure three years after a Superfund site is declared to file a lawsuiIn addition, the Senate and Assembly approved a bill, spurred by the water crisis in Hoosick Falls, that would increase the statute of limitations and give anyone who becomes sick from toxic exposure three years after a Superfund site is declared to file a lawsuiin Hoosick Falls, that would increase the statute of limitations and give anyone who becomes sick from toxic exposure three years after a Superfund site is declared to file a lawsuit.

In addition, the Senate and Assembly approved a bill, spurred by the water crisis in Hoosick Falls, that would increase the statute of limitations and give anyone who becomes sick from toxic exposure three years to file a lawsuit after a Superfund site is declareIn addition, the Senate and Assembly approved a bill, spurred by the water crisis in Hoosick Falls, that would increase the statute of limitations and give anyone who becomes sick from toxic exposure three years to file a lawsuit after a Superfund site is declarein Hoosick Falls, that would increase the statute of limitations and give anyone who becomes sick from toxic exposure three years to file a lawsuit after a Superfund site is declared.

In what is good news for the Vermont Fire Academy in Pittsford, state tests for a toxic chemical in water sources on and around the site have come up with no detectable levelIn what is good news for the Vermont Fire Academy in Pittsford, state tests for a toxic chemical in water sources on and around the site have come up with no detectable levelin Pittsford, state tests for a toxic chemical in water sources on and around the site have come up with no detectable levelin water sources on and around the site have come up with no detectable levels.

The state Department of Health has sent out the first results to 370 residents whose blood was tested for a toxic chemical found in Newburgh's water supply.

There are frequent rail accidents and pipeline explosions, evidence of long term water contamination esp around Dimock PA and in WY, non disclosure agreements forced on people whose health has been damaged from exposure to toxic emissions, secrecy about all of these issues, and climate changes caused by too much fossil fuel emissions.

But the unfolding water pollution crisis in Hoosick Falls has turned the administration's relationship with the EPA, and in particular with the Region 2 office headed by administrator Judith Enck, especially toxic.

High schoolers in Hoosick Falls say they are tired of the slow response by the adults in the community, and government, to the toxic substance PFOA which has infiltrated the village water system and made it unsafe to drink.

The state tested the farm's well field and said the results indicated the water in that area is free of the toxic chemical, perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, that was discovered in the village's water supply three years ago.

The toxic chemical PFOA was used in manufacturing at the Saint - Gobain plant at the center of town, located just above the town's water wells.

But Cuomo has yet to set foot in Hoosick Falls, where about 4,000 people can't drink their water because it contains a toxic chemical linked to cancer and other serious health problems.

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 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.

The timeline assembled by the village of Hoosick Falls — with assistance from a public relations firm, Behan Communications — details the outreach village leaders said they made to elected officials as far back as December 2014 seeking assistance in dealing with the growing realization that the town's water supply showed unsafe levels of the toxic compound.

ALBANY — Officials in the state Department of Health were aware of concerns that the water in the upstate village of Petersburgh could be tainted with a toxic chemical in late 2014, but did not take action to protect residents until a few days ago, according to emails obtained by POLITICO New York.

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.

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.

A recent round of state tests on 145 water wells in the town of Hoosick and village of Hoosick Falls showed slightly less than a third indicated a presence of a toxic chemical at levels exceeding the safety threshold recently set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

The federal Environmental Protection Agency is advising Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County residents whose private water wells show a toxic substance in excess of 100 parts per trillion that they should not drink their water or cook with it.