safe drinking water

EPA Says Water Contamination At "Very Low Levels"

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:50:29 -0500

There are prescription medicine elements in America's tap water. The news was broken by AP and has become a source of huge concern about the safety of drinking water. Basically tap water is found to contain traces of prescription drugs in D.C. area.

Hilary Swank helps UN launch global race for safe water

Dinka — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:15:39 -0500

Two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank today helped kick off a race to bring safe drinking water to 20 million people by 2015 at a United Nations Headquarters ceremony that included live world music and students that have raised funds for water and sanitation projects.

New water filtration materials help assure safe drinking water

harminka — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:50:31 -0500

A new generation of water filtration materials is enabling municipalities and industries in the United States and water-short countries overseas to produce safe drinking water from supplies contaminated with salts and other undesirable compounds, according to an article scheduled for the April 23 issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly newsmagazine.

Biosand filter reduces diarrheal disease in Dominican Republic villages

harminka — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:06:18 -0500

A simple, affordable household filtration device can reduce the incidence of diarrhea, one of the leading causes of disease and death in developing countries, by up to 40 percent, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown.

Global effort to provide poorest with basic sanitation slow going

harminka — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:23:03 -0500