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Carcinogen found in 31 US cities drinking water
| December 21, 2010 | Filled under Article, Information |
A report released today by the Washington-based Environmental Working Group warned of an unsafe amount of Chromium-6 (Hexavalent Chromium) present in 31 cities around the US. For those that are movie/news savvy, Chromium-6 is the carcinogen made infamous by Erin Brokovich when polluted water inundated the town of Hinkley, CA and correlated with an abnormally… more
Is that enhanced water good for you? Part II
| November 12, 2010 | Filled under General, Information |
This is Part II of the two-part Enhanced Water series written by the lovely Dr. Sheila Viswanathan, GoodGuide.com‘s in-house scientist and Registered Dietitian. It remains my absolute honor to have Dr. Viswanathan on My Water Bloggle to talk about the recent craze with “enhanced waters”. GoodGuide is one of Bay Area’s leading green web-based company… more
NYC tap water: Elevated lead
| November 7, 2010 | Filled under Information |
If you live in New York City, please take precaution before drinking your tap water. At least for now. Recently the AP reported that the Department of Environmental Protection found elevated levels of lead in the city’s tap water. The potential for increased amounts of lead in water increases with buildings built before 1987 because… more
Junk food banned on campus? Psh…how about water?
| October 19, 2010 | Filled under Article, Information |
It only takes a couple passionate individuals to make a long term change and a ripple effect that bobbles the worlds of others. A couple students from Seattle University did just that. Seattle University became the first campus in Washington State and one of only a handful of universities around the States that decided to… more
TapIt Water: Friendly water refill stations around the city
| September 19, 2010 | Filled under General, Information |
TapIt is just as it sounds. You take one of your empty lovely reusable water bottles (if you have a hard time finding one, I may have a few suggestions you can find on this blog), search for the nearest cafe or establishment via the TapIt iPhone app or online, go to picked cafe or… more
3M Filtrete Water Station
| September 2, 2010 | Filled under Filter, Information, Plastic |
Recently 3M rolled out a brand new water filtering system that rivals the big daddies of home water filters such as Brita and Pur. They used the name “Filtrete” which I for the life of me could not understand why googling “filtrete” keep pulling up AC filter panels. What is cool about this new “Filtrete”… more
Infographics on why you should stop drinking bottled water
| July 31, 2010 | Filled under General, Information |
Brian Clark Howard, an environmental journalist contributing to Huffington Post linked the following graphic from Term Life Insurance blog about why we really should think twice before buying and consuming bottled water. I feel like sometimes when I post these, it’s like beating a dead horse but if everyone felt, “yeah yeah we’ve heard it… more
My Plastiki
| July 11, 2010 | Filled under Article, Information, Plastic |
My Plastiki is a website recently featured on JoshSpear.com, aimed at sharing innovative and new ideas on how to tackle plastic and other forms of waste that we create with daily use by encouraging collective efforts on ways to help make the environment a lot less waste-filled! I absolutely love it that Plastiki is the… more
Larger filter than a Brita? Check out Tami Bar Primo
| July 8, 2010 | Filled under Filter, General, Information |
Recently, FastCoDesign.com, Fast Company’s new design site, featured a sleek new home water filter that won silver in the 2010’s International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) held last month in Dearborn, Michigan. While I personally do not have a spiffy water filtration system, I was perfectly content with my lovely Brita water jug…until I saw this.… more
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