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Is the Water in Africa Safe to Drink?

The Water Safety Plan put into effect by the Water Research Commission provides a structured system providing consistently safe water to drink in Africa. This includes protecting the source of the water,...

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Home Water Filter Systems : Do You Know What's In Your Water?

Getting an adequate supply of pure drinking water is essential to your health and wellbeing. While most city water supplies are treated, the resulting water may be fine for washing and cooking but can have...

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Storm runoff can flood basements. Digging a shallow landscaped swale can redirect runoff away from a home.54

Water, Water Everywhere

Thinking of building a home? Then you may want to give some thought to the depth and direction of underground rivers called aquifers. Such underground water - or "groundwater" - tends to "follow the surface...

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Clean water provides life to those in the "Third World"69

What if WE Could Save the World this Christmas?

What if we could? Think about it. Everyone always talks about making a difference and helping out. Everyone always gets a little bit more generous around the holidays. And maybe I live in an idealistic world...

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Healing Strides Towards Hope

Healing Strides Towards Hope Maria is a house-mom and wife, and her husband works for a food production company in Guatemala City. They have four children: two girls and two boys. A year ago, Maria and...

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Use a Drinking Water Treatment System to Clean Up Your Tap Water

Let's face it, tap water is not very safe to drink. If you worry about your family's health and want to protect them from disease, you should invest in a drinking water treatment system. At this point,...

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Whole house water filtration

Do you see yourself as being at risk of drinking water that contains lead, chlorine and other chemical contaminants? You may not believe it but you are! In fact, more than 250 major cities around the...

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Old houses painted in flaking lead-based paints are a known source of lead contamination in children.61

Toxic Metals

"Children are not small adults," say those who track diseases and their environmental triggers. Children exposed to even small amounts of lead, for example, may suffer permanent damage to their IQs and...

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