Commentary
Popular and expert interest in the Mediterranean diet was sparked by the discovery that people in certain Mediterranean communities seemed to live longer and suffer less from some chronic health conditions. The Mediterranean diet includes a wide variety of foods, including some that are excluded entirely by other diet plans. However, it’s not just about […]
The staff at Yorkshire Water will now be protected by a £1.1M safety fund that allows them to upgrade to a product called the Backline G7c. These Backline models will replace their current fleet monitors, giving their staff less vulnerability while working with the reputable Backline brand. Since these fleets make millions of water deliveries, […]
Those who work in the downstreaming industry have been concerned as of late, since the past three years have shown a decline in the need for Water Desalination Equipment. The future was looking bleak due to how prices were not increasing, but there seems to have been a major shift in the industry. Since there […]
Local businesses around Bridgnorth are joining together in the “Refill Bridgnorth” project to make it easier for you to refill your own water bottle at cafes, restaurants and other locations around the city. This is all part of an effort to avoid unnecessary consumption of plastic in the form of disposable water bottles. You can […]
Recently, KIND Healthy Snacks, along with a group of nutrition and health experts, filed a petition asking the F.D.A. to modify regulations around nutrient content claims. Specifically, the group would like to prevent manufacturers of packaged foods such as cereals and snacks to mislead the public by focusing on beneficial nutrients while ignoring unhealthy or […]
The RRS Discovery will soon depart on a research voyage (dubbed Discovery Expedition 100) that is focused on the underwater mountains of St. Helena and Tristan da Cunha. The trip is a joint undertaking of the Natural History Museum, the British Antarctic Survey and the Blue Belt Programme, which seeks to protect the UK’s millions […]
Filtering your water with a zero-waste end goal in mind is often tricky, and it gets even harder doing so without the use of plastic. The best solution for getting the job done to purify your water is activated charcoal. Placing either charcoal powder or an activated stick in your water will clear toxins away […]
The Shropshire Union Canal (also known as the Shroppie by locals) is a major landmark in Gnosall that got its start in 1797, when a canal was built between Ellesmere Port and Chester. The last leg of the canal was finished in 1835. For a long time, most of the canal’s users were horse-drawn narrowboats […]
Thames Water has admitted to unpreparedness in their response to a major water main break last October. The rupture took 16 hours to isolate, leading to severe flooding for residents of Paradise Park. The company’s head of North London water networks, Sean Walden, said two major errors occurred. First, Thames Water misidentified the water main […]
Climate change: ‘Physicians need to be involved’ – CU Anschutz Today
Cecilia Sorensen is the inaugural fellow in the Living Closer Foundation Fellowship in Climate and Health Science Policy. She thinks the threat to humans as a result of climate change is clearly borne out by science, but physicians like her have not been consulted on the matter. Over the past year, she has been presenting […]