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Drinking Water Cuts Risk Of Heart Disease
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A massive study that looked at 8,280 male and 12,017 female participants- aged 38 to 100 years old- shows that drinking large amounts of plain water is as important as exercise, diet, even not smoking, in preventing coronary heart disease.
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Concerns About Water Tap Quality
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Outbreaks of infectious disease due to drinking water are not common in the United States, but they do occur and can lead to serious acute or chronic, and sometimes fatal health consequences. Even well-operated, state-of-the art treatment plants cann
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Canada Issues Proposed Guidelines for Indoor Molds Due to Health Effects
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The Canadian Department of Health has issued proposed guidelines for mold in residential buildings. The proposed recommendations and justification are below and reprinted with permission from the Canada Gazette. The publication of this notice in the
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Pollen and Mold Counts
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A sure sign of spring (or summer or fall) in many regions of the United States is news media reports of pollen counts. These counts are of interest to some 35 million Americans who get hay fever because they are allergic to pollen.
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What is Dust Mite Allergy?
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If you have allergies or asthma, a tiny creature living in your home could be making big problems for you.
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Canada Toxic Nation
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A cocktail of harmful toxic chemicals was detected in every person
tested in a cross-Canada study of pollution in people conducted by
Environmental Defence.
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How Air Quality Affects Our Health
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A study conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that indoor exposure to harmful air pollutants could be up to 100 times greater than outdoors.
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The Danger in Your Water
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Fluoride has been tied to bone cancer, lower IQs, and osteoporosis. So why is it still being added to your water?
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Water plants failing to meet tougher rules
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More than 2 1/2 years after the Walkerton E.coli disaster, inspections indicate about half of
Ontario's water-treatment plants are still failing to test their water properly or violating other
safety rules meant to prevent such a tragedy from happe
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Toxic Trespass
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Beginning with the startling fact that Canadian babies are born with up to 287 industrial chemicals in their blood, director
(and parent) Barri Cohen investigates the links between industrial chemicals, environmental degradation and childhood illnes
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