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A video about plastic bottled water www.grist.org

Plastic and Water

Plastic bottles are made of oil and other substances such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and polycarbonate. In overtime period of time if water remains in those plastic bottles won’t that effect the water inside? Believe it or not it does affect the water! Harmful toxins eventually go on the loose by all the chemicals provided to manufacture the plastic bottle. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) releases chemical called antimony, as it is claimed by geochemists in Germany. (1) I went further, looking for what antimony embodies and this is my encounter: (2) "Uses of Antimony: Used to harden lead alloys. Also used in solder, bearings, lead batteries, mascara, infrared detectors, plastics and chemicals. " "Additional Notes: Antimony used to be used to provoke vomiting, but the medical dose was too close to the fatal dose. Small does stimulate metabolism, but large doses cause liver damage and can kill. " Scary, I would say! Just take a look at the resourceful website. The polycarbonate plastic bottle also releases a damaging toxin which is the chemical bisphenol A (BPA). A study made by senior investigator Karin B Michels, associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and colleagues, discovered that people who drank from polycarbonate plastic bottles in a week of investigation, had two-thirds of BPA in their urine. Other concerns are that BPA has been linked to cardiovascular disease and diabetes in humans, among other things. (3) Right now you must be in a great deal of astonishment as probably some of this information was new to you. Additionally, most of these plastic bottles are not recyclable making mountains of garbage because it is indestructible material. Somehow, all of this doesn’t make any sense. Why are we humans inventing things that are destroying us? Are there any other alternatives to hold our water safely? Of course there is. (1) http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2006/02/bottled_water.asp (2) http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/periodic/Sb.html#Names (3) http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/151156.php .

The Dangerous of Bottled Water

　 Do you usually buy bottled water to drink from instead of drinking the tap water from your faucet? I’m sure the reason for buying bottled water is that you think bottled water is extra clean and purify which comes straight from a spring. So many times, we hear that water faucet it’s not drinkable. The reasons are countless from broken water pipes to some bacteria that got into the water. This kind of alerts makes us buy bottled water thinking that we will be all right by doing so. Surprise of all the surprises many of these bottles of water come straight from tap water. According to David Zinczenko, with Matt Goulding, an editor-in-chief of Men’s Health, usually tap water is subject to take products to purify it so it can be drinkable besides it has to pass strict state, federal and local guidelines; on the other hand, bottled water is not subjected to the same strict national and local standards. (1) A 4-year study on bottled water has been made by a marketing class from Cornell University. What they found is something to be alarmed of. About 22% of bottled water brands were having more then water inside. Chemical contaminants above the normal were inside the water. (1) Now a question is raise where do these chemical contaminants come from. Is it already in the water while is bottled or is it from the plastic container that holds the water? 　 For more information check here: (1) http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatthis/34361/the-truth-about-bottled-water/

Should We Drink Magnetized Water?

After reading a few articles here and there, I came to my own conclusion. Magnetized water is like water coming from its roots with a higher pH. Giving such assumption it is realistic that magnetized water won’t harm anyone on the contrary it will help us get in better shape health wise. Magnetized water has been found to contribute and help in treatment of many diseases. I found this helpful website http://www.jonbarron.org/baseline-health-program/11-21-2005.php to better understand this process of magnetize water. .

Drink Magnetized Water

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Some Interesting Websites

This website is about reservoir storage on the USA, with graphs http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/cgibin/resv-graph-west.pl This website is about world statistics in real time http://www.worldometers.info/ Water acording to world meters 3,857,738 - Dec. 2,2009 at 5PM - Water consumed this year (billion liters). 4,640,888 - Dec. 2, 2009 at 5PM- Deaths from water related diseases this year. 1,453,519,400- Dec, 2, 2009 at 5 PM- People with no access to safe drinking water. .

Video: Gange River Pollution

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A heart breaking video about the Gange River in India. These people don't have any other option besides this polluted river to bath and even drink from it. I wonder sometimes where new diseases come from, I guess I have my answer right here.

Water Scarcity / Abundant Water

Photo retrieved from google images In some places right now it looks like this. What was once a river now is a dry desert. Will this beautiful place which is in Portugal, be dry as well in a near future? It will be sad and frighful! Photo by Nuno Manuel Baptista http://www.nunobaptista.com/ .

Are future wars going to be fought over water or will leaders be able to resolve conflicts as they have many times in the past?

　THIS WAS A ARTICLE I WROTE FOR HELIUM.COM 　 At the pace of which the world is flowing this precise moment, thirst will drench imaginary clouds on a near future. Our future? How can a war resist from blooming over water, when water is the fountain of life on this planet Earth? Without water, there is no life at all. We have seen countless of times animals fighting over food, which we found to be a normal process of life among the animal kingdom. As human beings, we do not differ much from the fauna. On a time of crisis, we will do whatever we can to find water to the extent of drinking dirty water. At this precise moment there are about 884 million people drinking unclean water. Some regions facing the scarcity of clean water are Sudan, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Tunisia and Cuba among other developing countries. To these people polluted rivers tend to be the directly source to fetch water, which is use for other basic needs such as sanitation and waste disposal. One famous river, which is Ganges near Calcutta, is a nest of pollution. The result expose to drinking unsafe water leads to major diseases causing the death of many children under age of five. Will leaders turn into heroes (Gods) by providing us with water only when developed countries start to feel the undesirable pain of not being able to take a shower? It is obvious that leaders are not Gods to provide water when there is none. Water is a natural resource of our planet Earth. Developed countries have abundant water at the turn of a faucet it flows gracefully through our hands or cups; as a result, many people are not aware of the implication of such luxury. The whole water itself is one; it is a cycle that flows over and over again. Pollution has brought changes in our weather; as a result, floods and drought through out the world are consistent facts as we all can see and feel. Can leaders hold the reins of a world war over water from bursting as they have many times in the past? Wars over water have always been fought around the world as history claims. According to Martin Asser, from BBC News, yore of disagreement between Israel and Palestinians out sprout into war over water in 1967, ending after a six-day trial, yet through our current days obstacles and divergences have been occurring with those two countries with the same main problem, the water. Amid the mention countries is a list of other regions in conflict or in midst war. Many of these countries share the same river or are dependent on a neighbor country for their supply of water. Dependency on others always tends to be a burden eventually. A worldwide correspondent Venkata Vemuri, states that Turkey and Iraq, are facing a drought for several years by now with the worldwide climate change; in spite of this, Iraq complains that Turkey is not letting enough water flow to its country. Leaders are afraid of a future conflict as there are stepping in with help of the United Nations with a national water plan for Iraq. It is ironic how our brilliant brain works leading us always to the wrong direction. Our selfishness brain tends to roll bullets of intelligence towards inventions of self-destruction. However, we have everything that we need to solve our problems including the scarcity of the number one element of life, which is our precious liquid called water. Our intelligence. Enormous amounts of resources are already out there for the solution of water scarcity; besides, there are many ways to purify the existent polluted water. Better ways and inventions will roll as time passes and experimental occurs. Human beings need to be warned and well educated about the real dangers that we are facing at this precise moment by working together we can make it through the tough times ahead of us; otherwise, the world will be in great danger of a world war over water. Water equals faith for the world to continue its journey of life. 　 　 　 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6666495.stm http://www.1h2o.org/index.php/dev_site/featured_story/middle_east/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_crisis

Water Cycle

Drawing by JC Water cycle diagram. Cool! Take a look and click. Interesting site: http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/

Clean Water is Becoming Dirty

Many developing countries are facing water scarcity and many more will joined the dryness. It might seem strange to comprehend such reality when we know that water is constantly moving in a cycle for millions of years. We call it the water cycle. The quantity of water is the same now as it was before. Then why all the fuss and worries about water scarcity? There are many reasons behind water scarcity. Probably the number one cause for scarcity is that fresh water is getting dirty because of pollution. Next, we have the changes in the weather where catastrophic events are occurring more frequently then ever. Whenever floods and destruction from hurricanes, tornadoes, and tsunamis occur, the water system suffers from its incident. In addition, when disasters related to weather occur, it seems that water joins in one single place by taking it away from other places leaving them waterless. Ultimately, the population is growing so the demand of food; therefore, more water is needed for the corps to grow and produce. In conclusion, somehow the water cycle is distressed.