Tap or bottled? Water impacts health benefits Green tea Tap or bottled? Water impacts health benefits Green tea In tests conducted at Cornell’s Sensory Evaluation Center, consumers liked green tea brewed using tap water more than using bottled water, because… Read More ›
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Record-high tainted water leak at Fukushima plant
– leaked water contained an extraordinarily high 230-million becquerels per liter of beta-ray emitting substances, consisting mainly of strontium 90. NHK — Feb 21 The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says 100 tons of water containing record high… Read More ›
Montreal water treatment plants dumping as much as 90 times the critical amount of estrogen products into the river
2008 study post for filing Contact: Sylvain-Jacques Desjardins sylvain-jacques.desjardins@umontreal.ca 514-343-7593 University of Montreal ‘Estrogen flooding our rivers,’ Université de Montréal study The Montreal water treatment plant dumps 90 times the critical amount of certain estrogen products into the river. It… Read More ›
Folic acid lowers blood arsenic levels
Contact: Stephanie Berger sb2247@columbia.edu 212-305-4372 Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health October 8, 2007 — A new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health finds that folic acid supplements can dramatically lower blood arsenic levels… Read More ›