Water in California

Fluoride is added to US water supplies at approximately 1 part per million attempting to reduce tooth decay. Yet, the EPA says fluoride is a chemical “with substantial evidence of developmental neurotoxicity.” So even with these known facts about fluoride, most municipalities are adding it to drinking water, making water filters necessary in many of […]

Mostly everyone in the Denver area has been impacted by the Colorado wildfires that were raging for weeks. Everyone is overwhelmed with the combat, cleanup, and rebuilding that will take place. Homes, stores, and even the water treatment plants are overwhelmed with the effects of the wildfires. Some of the effects are more obvious than […]

The Mayor of New York recently made headlines when he made public his legislation to ban sales of soft drinks over 16 ounces in restaurants and convenience stores to help combat the city’s obesity problem.  This has many people at odds with the mayor over whether he has the right to oversee that part of […]

Chances are, you haven’t had many restrictions put on the amount of water you have available to your household yet. However, there are some areas in Texas and neighboring areas that have started the discussion about putting permanent restrictions on drinking water as a way to conserve and make our water sources last a little […]

It seems like all there is these days is reductions. Reducing jobs. Reducing income. Reducing health care. But maybe reductions aren’t always bad. When we can reduce our environmental footprint, it is always a good thing. Whether it is through limiting the amount of plastic water bottles we drink, recycling more, or purchasing a drinking […]

How many weeks has it been? Oh, we’re talking six MONTHS now?  Yes, that’s how long LA’s water has had that strange musty taste and smell. They projected that it would be over in a matter of weeks, but we’re stretching on to half a year already. Water authorities claim that the purely-aesthetic problem with […]

Pennsylvania, Wyoming, and Colorado have been in the national news a lot with water problems resulting from gas and oil companies using a drilling process called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Did you know we here in California are also using, and have been using, fracking for a long time, too? While industry leaders claim that […]

Can you imagine hearing anything worse than “It’s Much, Much, Much Worse Than We Thought” – particularly when it’s the government saying that about your drinking water. That little statement implies that things are wrong – and have been wrong – but they are really bad to be acknowledged in such a way. Perhaps you […]

According to one website, about 50 million Americans go on a diet in hopes of dropping some pounds each year. Many are not as successful as they want to be. But what if someone told you that you could lose 5% of your body weight when switching to drinking water from fizzy drinks? Would you […]

Climate change is a growing risk for U.S. water supplies, according to a recent article published online from OPB News. The author begins by acknowledging that millions of Californians don’t even know where there water comes from, let alone what is in their tap water. According to the article, “a new statewide poll asking residents […]