![Tips for Staying Cool. Avoid Heat Stroke.](https://www.friendsofwater.com/wp-content/themes/Brasco-2015-Theme-4nov/img/blog-featured-default.jpg)
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Tips for Staying Cool. Avoid Heat Stroke.
Tips for Staying Cool. Avoid Heat Stroke. Stay Cool. Avoid Heat Stroke. Get ahead of it: Avoid heat stroke incidents. Heat stroke is more serious that being over-heated or having heat exhaustion. Once you...
![Plastic Fibers in Water & How to Filter Them](https://www.friendsofwater.com/wp-content/themes/Brasco-2015-Theme-4nov/img/blog-featured-default.jpg)
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Plastic Fibers in Water & How to Filter Them
Plastic Fibers in Water & How to Filter Them. Plastic Fibers also called micro fibers in water are in our environment. These have been identified for some time. Now a study has looked at...
![L.A. River Poor Water Quality Affects Public Use](https://www.friendsofwater.com/wp-content/themes/Brasco-2015-Theme-4nov/img/blog-featured-default.jpg)
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L.A. River Poor Water Quality Affects Public Use
It has been reported by the LA Times that the Los Angeles River and its recreation sites popular to the public, are contaminated with high levels of harmful bacteria. An environmental group called Heal...
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Lead Found In 50 States’ Water Systems
USA TODAY announced that an investigation across 50 states found almost 2,000 water systems have had high levels of lead contamination for the past four years. The news article also stated a staggering fact...
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Public Health Emergency in Hoosick Falls, NY
Health Emergency in Hoosick Falls Hoosick Falls, N.Y., is a small village of about 3,500 people, whose water was recently found with high levels of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a toxic chemical linked in some...
![Flint’s Water Solution](https://www.friendsofwater.com/wp-content/themes/Brasco-2015-Theme-4nov/img/blog-featured-default.jpg)
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Flint’s Water Solution
Still the talk of the news, Flint’s residents are unsatisfied with the current lead pipes used to deliver drinking water to their homes. Who would blame them? Changing the source of water that flows...
![U.S. Cities Use Lead Pipes for Drinking Water](https://www.friendsofwater.com/wp-content/themes/Brasco-2015-Theme-4nov/img/blog-featured-default.jpg)
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U.S. Cities Use Lead Pipes for Drinking Water
Flint, Michigan isn’t the only city whose residents have been drinking water from lead piping for years. Researchers found high levels of lead in Chicago homes, yet city officials failed to warn residents of...
![Flint’s Kids Are The Talk Of The Nation](https://www.friendsofwater.com/wp-content/themes/Brasco-2015-Theme-4nov/img/blog-featured-default.jpg)
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Flint’s Kids Are The Talk Of The Nation
As the water crisis in Flint, Michigan continues, the education system is now a big concern for parents and teachers. Npr.org says that, “The percentage of children age 5 and under with elevated levels...
![Health Risks From Uranium In Drinking Water](https://www.friendsofwater.com/wp-content/themes/Brasco-2015-Theme-4nov/img/blog-featured-default.jpg)
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Health Risks From Uranium In Drinking Water
Here are some excerpts from an article on health concerns related to water: What is Uranium? According to WRAL.com, Uranium is a naturally occurring element, which has been seeping at unhealthy levels into U.S....
![Flint’s water emergency advisory](https://www.friendsofwater.com/wp-content/themes/Brasco-2015-Theme-4nov/img/blog-featured-default.jpg)
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Flint’s water emergency advisory
Water authorities in Flint, Mich. told their customers and water users to continue drinking their tap water even though strange odors and colors were reported. Then residents were advised to let the water run...
![Lead Found In Michigan Children After Switching Water Source](https://www.friendsofwater.com/wp-content/themes/Brasco-2015-Theme-4nov/img/blog-featured-default.jpg)
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Lead Found In Michigan Children After Switching Water Source
Doctors found high levels of lead in hundreds of children from Flint, Michigan, and the likely cause is from the city water. Even though the state assured its water drinkers that it would be...
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Communities affected by wastewater spill
According to CNN, “The orange sludge flowed from the Animas River in Colorado into New Mexico, where it met and started following the San Juan River, a key source...
![FLUORIDE IN WATER CAUSING SPLOTCHY TEETH](https://www.friendsofwater.com/wp-content/themes/Brasco-2015-Theme-4nov/img/blog-featured-default.jpg)
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FLUORIDE IN WATER CAUSING SPLOTCHY TEETH
Fox News posted an interesting article on Health and the effects of fluoridating water on teeth, especially for children. “One study found about 2 out of 5 adolescents had tooth streaking or spottiness [due...
![Water Conservation Not Taken Seriously](https://www.friendsofwater.com/wp-content/themes/Brasco-2015-Theme-4nov/img/blog-featured-default.jpg)
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Water Conservation Not Taken Seriously
According to the article posted by FENIT NIRAPPIL, Associated Press, the month of February was the worst month for California’s water conservation since last summer, despite the horrendous effects of the drought state-wide. The...
![$1 BILLION IN FUNDING FOR DROUGHT RELIEF](https://www.friendsofwater.com/wp-content/themes/Brasco-2015-Theme-4nov/img/blog-featured-default.jpg)
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$1 BILLION IN FUNDING FOR DROUGHT RELIEF
The latest news on California’s drought is that Gov. Jerry Brown and Legislative Leaders have passed a bill that will help devastated communities in two ways: 1) $1 billion in funding will be used for drought relief,...
![THE LATEST NEWS FOR CALIFORNIA’S DROUGHT](https://www.friendsofwater.com/wp-content/themes/Brasco-2015-Theme-4nov/img/blog-featured-default.jpg)
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THE LATEST NEWS FOR CALIFORNIA’S DROUGHT
The latest news about California entering its fourth year of drought is that many farmers (and thus everyone in the States who eats produce) will be widely affected. According to a CNBC Agricultural article...
![SAFE WATER CHANGES LIVES, AND YOU CAN HELP!](https://www.friendsofwater.com/wp-content/themes/Brasco-2015-Theme-4nov/img/blog-featured-default.jpg)
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SAFE WATER CHANGES LIVES, AND YOU CAN HELP!
Learn more about The Water Project You can now help provide clean and safe water for people, families, and children in Africa. The Water Project provides wells and other water projects for communities around...
![MAJOR WATER SHORTAGES IN PAKISTAN](https://www.friendsofwater.com/wp-content/themes/Brasco-2015-Theme-4nov/img/blog-featured-default.jpg)
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MAJOR WATER SHORTAGES IN PAKISTAN
According to the minister for water and energy in Pakistan, a man named Khawaja Muhammad Asif, said that Pakistan could be the next “water-starved country.” Because of the current climate changes happening world-wide and particularly...
![LOS ANGELES’ AGING WATER PIPES ARE A CONCERN](https://www.friendsofwater.com/wp-content/themes/Brasco-2015-Theme-4nov/img/blog-featured-default.jpg)
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LOS ANGELES’ AGING WATER PIPES ARE A CONCERN
About 100,000 gallons of water poured into a residential neighborhood in Hollywood Hills this week causing sidewalks to crack and cars to be submerged under water. The cause of this water break was due...
![BLACK WATER FOR GARDENA RESIDENTS](https://www.friendsofwater.com/wp-content/themes/Brasco-2015-Theme-4nov/img/blog-featured-default.jpg)
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BLACK WATER FOR GARDENA RESIDENTS
Residents in Gardena, CA are unhappy and unsatisfied with the smelly black water coming out of their home taps. The Golden State Water Company held a public meeting to address the issue and residents brought...