04/20/2021
Can water bridge the racial divide
A Recent Survey Casts New Light On America’s Racial Divide In Clean Tap Water Access
There is overwhelming evidence of a clear racial divide in the provision of clean tap water in the United States. A new survey reveals a significant racial disparity in Americans’ trust in the quality of their domestic water supply.
03/30/2021
Lack of clean drinking water access is still a crisis in San Francisco
HotSpots H2O: Homeless San Franciscans Are In A Clean Water Crisis - Circle of Blue
People living on San Francisco’s streets and in its parks face daily barriers to finding and accessing clean water, according to a report released earlier this month by the nonprofit organization, Coalition on Homelessness. The coalition surveyed 73 unhoused people during the 2020-21 winter months...
08/06/2020
Still difficult to access safe drinking water
21 million Americans didn't have access to safe drinking water in 2015. A lack of clean water can put people at higher risk of getting COVID-19.
Those without clean water face a choice: wash their hands but risk exposure to chemicals, or face a higher chance of getting COVID-19.
08/06/2020
Water connects us with each other, nature, and ourselves
Dan Whitman at TEDxSF (7 Billion Well)
Daniel Whitman grew up in Chicago before attending the University of Colorado where he earned a Bachelors Degree in Psychology in 1984. After several years o...
10/11/2019
Firefighting foam leaves toxic legacy in drinking water near military bases
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It was a Sunday tradition at Bethany Slavic Missionary Church. After morning services, Florin Ciuriuc joined the line of worshippers waiting to fill their jugs with gallons
06/13/2019
Drinking Bottled Water Doubles The Microplastic Particles In Your Body, Study Says
Every day we are ingesting tiny, often microscopic pieces of plastic -- "microplastics" -- with our food, beverages and with the very air we breathe. Matt Yurus reports.
06/07/2019
Plastic Whale Boat in Amsterdam - Fun and Innovative www.plasticwhale.com
05/18/2019
Inside the long war to protect plastic – Center for Public Integrity
Single-use plastic is clogging oceans and landfills. The industry that makes it has waged a decades-long campaign to keep it on the market.
04/09/2019
Can the US's unsafe water crisis unite Americans? | George Goehl
Urban or rural, Republican or Democrat, we all want clean water – and the battles over Flint, Michigan, and the Dakota Access pipeline have resonated across the US