All of us are trying to be more eco-conscious as our planet reels from the current spate of pandemics, extreme weather conditions, food insecurity and conflict. Reusable water bottles have become a talisman of this concern – especially reusable plastic bottles. How safe is your water bottle? Little is known about the migration of chemicals from […]
Category: Water
Every year around this time lettuce gets bad press. Since 1995 there have been 35 outbreaks of E coli infections related to leafy greens. Last year it was cos lettuce. This year it’s romaine. The problem isn’t with the humble leaf, after all, it is nearly all water, It’s the water that’s the problem. The […]
What goes in must come out – in some form or another. Our bodies are relatively efficient processing systems, so when we have extracted what we require from pharmaceutical agents, the rest is excreted in urine and faeces and finally makes its way to our wastewater. Seventy-two percent of these pharmaceuticals end up in our […]
The human body is really one large water storage tank with entry and exit valves. Water makes up about 60% of our bodies. Each litre of water weighs 1 kilogram, so in a person who weighs 60 kilograms, 36 kilograms is water. Nearly one third of our daily water supply comes from what we eat. […]
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