EPA IS CONSIDERING NEW RULES TO EXPAND AUTHORITY OVER WATERS

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new rules intended to clarify and expand its mandate to regulate small streams, riverbanks, wetlands and floodplains, according to The Washington Post.  The agency administrator has said that the expansion of regulations to monitor and regulate water would not be significant.  The feedback from many businesses, cattle ranchers and...

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DEVELOPMENTAL RISK TO CHILDREN SHOWN IN PESTICIDE PRE-NATAL STUDY

A new study performed by scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, shows a range of developmental problems in children born to women who work in pesticide-treated fields.   The research study has been conducted for 15 years in Salinas, CA.  Fields are active year-round in Salinas, so workers stay put there.  The scientists...

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CORAL REEFS

The Great Barrier Reef came into being millions of years ago.  It was worn down, and grew back repeatedly over those eons.  But now all the factors that let the reef grow are changing at a rate the Earth has never before experienced.  This time the reef may degrade  below a crucial threshold from...

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THE WATER CYCLE

The water cycle, also known as the hydrologic cycle or H2O cycle, describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth. Water can change states among liquid, vapour, and ice at various places in the water cycle. Although the balance of water on Earth remains fairly constant over time, individual water molecules can come and go, in...

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CHLORAMINE

In recent times a growing number of municipalities are adding ammonia to the water supply.  They are doing this for two reasons.  One is in recognition of some scientific study results that suggest chlorine is carcinogenic.  The EPA has told water suppliers to reduce the amount of triholomethanes (chlorination byproducts) in the water supply, but they...

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