“To poison all the children in an historic American city (Flint, Michigan) is no small feat.” By Sarah Lazar Calls for Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s ouster — and arrest — are growing after internal emails showed that his high-level staffers were aware of lead poisoning in…
By Dr. Mark Sircus In the western United States notices are springing up, Uranium, the notices warn, tests at levels considered unsafe by federal and state standards. The notices say you can drink the water — but if you drink the water over a period of…
By Carey Wedler Flint, Michigan– “The City of Flint has experienced a Manmade disaster,” said the city’s mayor Monday evening, as she declared a state of emergency over evidently staggering levels of lead in the city’s tap water. Mayor Karen M. Weaver has requested federal assistance to deal…
By Josh Richardson Simple health prevention and lifestyle strategies can help people achieve their optimal health potential and add a decade or more of healthy years to the average lifespan. Healthy lifestyle initiatives can give people a 90 percent chance of living to the age…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Are you familiar with how municipal tap water is treated? There are two basic disinfection processes: the addition of chlorine, or chloramines that are made using ammonia, which is the more preferable treatment. Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science…
By Phillip Schneider Collecting rainwater is classically seen as a safe and sustainable way of supplying your household with an off-the-grid water supply. Some people collect rainwater only for a backup reservoir, while others prefer to go all the way and maintain their household with pure…
By Cassius Methyl Sacramento, CA — In 2013 and 2014, the City of Sacramento performed a water treatment experiment at the expense of residents of the city “to save money,” according to a local news investigation. Area residents were never informed about the toxic chemical contamination of…
By John Vibes On Friday, the Pepsi corporation admitted that its Aquafina bottled water is not purified water or spring water, but simply plain old tap water. The company will now be forced to change the labeling of the brand to reflect that it is…
By Daisy Luther That magic moment when you go to wash your hands….and nothing comes out of the tap. Late on Friday evening – you know, too late to reach the local repair guy – that was the scenario at our rented farm. Nary a…
By Brandon Turbeville and Heather Callaghan As anti-fluoride activists are taking to the streets across the pond in Bedford Borough (UK), Texas is witnessing a surge of activism surrounding water fluoridation as well. The group Fluoride Free San Marcos has organized a successful petition drive…
By Brandon Turbeville and Heather Callaghan The streets of Bedford, England was the scene of an anti-fluoride campaign on Saturday, October 17 throughout the streets teams of activists with Fluoride Free Bedford were carrying clipboards and information packets to educate and encourage shoppers and passersby as to…
By Mike Heuer SACRAMENTO (CN) – Despite devastating drought, the federal government allows Nestle to bottle and sell millions of gallons of water from a Southern California creek in a national forest with an expired permit, environmentalists claim in Federal Court. The Center for Biological…
By Claire Bernish San Bernardino National Forest — “The Story of Stuff Project, the California-based Courage Campaign Institute, and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit this week against the U.S. Forest Service for allowing Nestle to continue to bottle millions of gallons of water…
By Vic Bishop In the age of self-promotion and hype-over-substance, it’s refreshing when someone with authenticity comes along and does something that sets an entirely new example for the rest of the herd. Justin Wren is a 28 year-old mixed martial arts fighter who took five…
By Nick Meyer When I first started getting into the world of organic “superfoods,” I was a broke 23-year-old kid fresh out of college who had no idea where to start. It all began after reading the classic book The Hundred Year Lie about chemicals in…
By John Vibes The city of Montreal plans to dump 8 billion liters of raw sewage into the St. Lawrence River on October 18 so they can begin a construction project on the sewer that is currently holding the waste. This practice was actually fairly…
By Nick Cahill, Courthouse News SACRAMENTO (CN) – Overpumping of California’s dwindling groundwater supply is causing the Central Valley to sink at a historic pace, in some places 2 inches per month, according to a NASA report released Wednesday. Satellite and aircraft images revealed sinking…
By Claire Bernish Los Angeles, CA — Nestle has found itself more and more frequently in the glare of the California drought-shame spotlight than it would arguably care to be — though not frequently enough, apparently, for the megacorporation to have spontaneously sprouted a conscience. Drought-shaming…
Why Drinking Distilled Water is Making You Sick Editor’s note: Distilled water has a place in natural health, but mostly a temporary one. It is used during certain kinds of cleanses for its pulling qualities and its purity. Some people drink it but always add…
By Gaye Levy With the recent proliferation of water shortages caused by wonky weather patterns, finding ways to maximize the water we do have has become a focus of preppers near and far. That said, in addition to knowing how to find, harvest, purify, and…
