Tag Archives: water

Outsourcing Drug Wastes to Developing World?

Living near extremely contaminated streams is very common in urban India.  I have seen several in or around Hyderabad where I grew up.  It did not strike me until recently, that these streams are a by product of cheap generics we purchase here in the US.  Most of these generics come from countries like India […]

Water pollution caused by energy industry

Here’s an interesting article on how groundwater can be polluted during natural drilling operations. Link. Interestingly EPA doesn’t seem to be enforcing regulations that help protect human health.  If you’re curious as to whether SC DHEC does a better job of enforcing health and environmental regulations on local inductry, here’s your answer…

Ocean’s acidification and why it’s important

One of the biggest sinks of atmospheric CO2 is the oceans.  If these levels increase in the atmosphere, the dissolved CO2 levels in the oceans also increase significantly.  When dissolved CO2 levels increases, acid levels in the oceans increase as well.  What does this mean to us?  Here’s what Oceana has to say: ocean acidification, […]

How clean is your drinking water?

Recent surveys (link, link) are reporting that low levels of pharmaceutical chemicals (antibiotics, hormones, anti-depressants, etc.), active ingredients in personal care products (hand-wash soap, etc.), fire retardant chemicals (coatings on clothes, mattresses, sofas, carpets, etc.) are present in drinking water even after they have been treated. We don’t know yet as to what would happen […]