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Water is a basic human right. We need water to grow food and replenish our body. Why then does the California water crisis have only few worried? Like all natural resources, water is no exception to the “tragedy of the commons.” Survival is a basic human instinct, prompting us to maximize our personal consumption of resources like water, food, and land. In the United States, the average person consumes 100 gallons of water per day, equivalent to a medium sized jacuzzi. We certainly aren’t drinking all of this water or solely using it to grow food in our backyard. More than half of the water used is for landscaping and construction. There is no other industry that pollutes water more than construction, ranging from quiete suburban homes to high rise commercial buildings. Countless oil, debris, chemicals, and paints, enter the water supply and contaminate aquifers. Read More »
Water is a basic human right. We need water to grow food and replenish our body. Why then does the California water crisis have only few worried? Like all natural resources, water is no exception to the “tragedy of the commons.” Survival is a basic human instinct, prompting us to maximize our personal consumption of resources like water, food, and land.
In the United States, the average person consumes 100 gallons of water per day, equivalent to a medium sized jacuzzi. We certainly aren’t drinking all of this water or solely using it to grow food in our backyard. More than half of the water used is for landscaping and construction.
There is no other industry that pollutes water more than construction, ranging from quiete suburban homes to high rise commercial buildings. Countless oil, debris, chemicals, and paints, enter the water supply and contaminate aquifers. Read More »
When you think of ionizing radiation what comes to mind? The most obvious source is extraterrestrial such as cosmic rays generated by the sun. Other examples are nuclear accidents at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania or the public health catastrophe at Read More »
The amount of toxins present in the home and other buildings where we work and play is astonishing. From formaldehyde, lead, radon, carbon dioxide to solvents and disinfectants the list of pollutants seems endless. Even more unnerving is that scientists still don’t know how chronic exposure to this chemical soup will affect the human body. Exposing someone to a potentially carcinogenic chemical to see the effects isn’t exactly ethical. However, the effects from exposure to an array o ... Read More »