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POPSOutdoor pools more 'breathtaking':study
They were studying the way exposure to chlorine vapor can cause Asthma. It was believed that out door pools allowed Chlorine to evaporate more quickly. This was more an assumption than a fact. Chlorine Gas and HCl or Hydrogen Chloride, which becomes Hydrochloric Acid, when it dissolves in water as a matter of course, is best in the stomach for digestion, or with or with the Alkali NaOH (Sodium hydroxide) which becomes the neutral Salt It Does Not Belong in the Lungs. Why do we use chemical Pan Microbicides, when there is the potential to give water its own version of an immune system? Creeks, rivers and Oceans Don't need Chlorine to remain clean. Why should we think we have a better defense using Chlorine. killing all microbes can turn water Sterile and Stagnant. We need Oxygenated Water,(Waterfall) and microbes can be part of a self contained Eco=system Pools don't need Chlorine, they need things like Fish . this will also help recycle biological 'waste' we produce naturally
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POPSNemo's nose helps find way home They discovered some of the scents that attracted the clown fish to to the reefs that provide a suitable habitat. The scent from the leaves of one coastal plant Xanthostemon, a kind of myrtle attracted them. They also found scents, such as the leaves from the Melaleuca Nervosa, a kind of paperbark which is another type of myrtle, that repelled them. They say this could have implications regarding tree planting and reforestation near marine habitats.
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POPSThe hottest water on Earth "Black smokers deep in the Atlantic are spouting 'supercritical' water at over 407 °C – something never before been seen in nature."
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POPSWater Policy in Israel and Palestine - There's Enough Water for Both The increasing difficulties with water availability, concludes the hydrogeologist, result from Israel using the majority of water resources for agricultural purposes, although this sector today represents a very small portion of the Israeli economy. Despite this, the Israeli state remains unswervingly committed to the Zionist foundation myth, which regards the promotion of agriculture as a central tenet in the Jewish settlement of Palestine. Messerschmid, in turn, sees the priorities of Israeli water policies as fundamentally flawed, leading to a wasteful use of the precious resource. Large areas of land, for instance, are still intensively watered even during conditions of very high temperatures, although most of the water immediately evaporates. The Palestinians, by contrast, do not even have the amount of water at their disposal that was promised in the Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty. Deutsche Fassung
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POPSConvert your car to burn water+gasoline High Conversion, Few Refunds, Due To Huge Demand: Soaring Gas Prices Compel People To Save Gas!!! Popular D.i.y Watercar: Run Your Car Partially On Water, Reduce Emissions/Global Warming! Practical Free Energy Based On 1000s Of Real Cars Worldwide!!!
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POPSGlaciers melting at an 'alarming' rate There are figures which show the current melt rates, and they say there is no end in sight, but the end will come when there is no glacier left to melt. people that rely on glaciers for water, will have to find it somewhere else. There is no doubt, wherever they get it, it will be expensive.
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POPSSandcastles need water to stay upright They found you don't need much water at all. As long as it isn't dry. They also say that the work has implications in things like mining, and pharmaceuticals, where there are powders involved. The same principle applies
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POPSUN Warns of Biofuels' Environmental Risk There has been the prospect of biofuels causing food shortages, where food crops are replaced with biofuel crops, but there is the fact that biofuel crops like any other need large mounts of water to grow, with associated redirection of drinking water. There is the land required to grow them, and in Indonesia, Malaysia, and no doubt other countries, where forests can face threats, when they are cleared, to make room for expansion of palm oil plantations. These forests naturally store carbon, and are a key tool in the fight to reduce global warming. Is There Money in it ? Then it will happen. Then there is another prospect. An outbreak of pests and/or diseases could wipe out an entire plantation with one stroke. Then it will happen.
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POPSWeird water Discovery challenges long-held beliefs about water's special properties
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POPSChemical find shuts down 2 L.A. reservoirs The chemical bromate, is craeted when bromine in groundwater is combined with chlorine, and exposed to sunlight. It is said to be the first time an occurrence like this has been observed. Bromine is a key ingredient in flame retardants, so the chemicals used to fight the California fires may be leeching into the ground water. The dams are a fraction of LA's total water storage, but fire retardant chemicals would have been used over a wide area of California State, so soils may have unusually high bromine levels. It may pay to find out exactly why this happened to be wary of where it may happen again.
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POPSUN has concern about Baghdad Cholera The outbreak has spread to half of Iraq's 18 provinces It is spread, by drinking contaminated water, It is estimated 1 in 3 children has access to clean drinking water. Increased rain and flooding allows it to spread, through contaminated water. One of the main symptoms, that often results in death is dehydration. Attempts are being made to increase distribution of clean water, and water purification tablets.
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POPSUN Calls for improved Worldwide Sanitation A third of the planets population, don't have clean water, and sanitation. 90% of Human sewage in developing countries, pollutes the public water supply, due to a lack of sewerage systems. The UN Secretary General, is naming 2008 the International Year of Sanitation, to highlight the problem.
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POPSScientists enhance nature's carbon handling mechanism When rock is weathered, CO2, in water percolates through soil and rocks and becomes alkaline. This alkaline water can hold carbon better as bicarbonate, will reduce the acidity, and some of the carbon remains in sediment that settles on the bottom.
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POPSGeorgia Uni asks stadium fans not to flush They can save a lot of water going down the drain if rather than everyone flushing, the the urinal is rinsed periodically. There is another water saving method that can be used in toilets, where a house brick is placed in the cistern, to reduce the total volume lost in a flush, by the amount the brick displaces.
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POPSMany States face Water Shortage 36 States are expected to have shortages in 5 Years. There is talk of 'plans.', with the conclusion that water will be expensive. Now wouldn't it be good to have shares in a water company. I'm sure it will be illegal to use tanks, or any water sources that are not monitored by official channels. I would not trust the water produced by any company today.
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POPSThe secret life of water rats. It has been discovered they can eat Cane toads safely, and seem to be immune to it's poison, but they do not have the numbers to dent the huge cane toad population. They also eat the crayfish that burrow into dam walls and weaken them, helping farmers.
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