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After a week of fighting, rebels backed by Rwanda have wrested almost full control over Goma, a city of two million in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Hospitals are overflowing with the wounded, and the city morgue with the dead. Goma’s residents are beginning to emerge from their hiding places, desperately searching for water…
After a week of fighting, rebels backed by Rwanda have wrested almost full control over Goma, a city of two million in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Hospitals are overflowing with the wounded, and the city morgue with the dead. Goma’s residents are beginning to emerge from their hiding places, desperately searching for water…
A new study suggests that drinking sparkling water instead of still water could potentially offer more benefits beyond just hydration! As per ScienceAlert, the carbonation (or fizz) in sparkling water might help with weight loss. The research published in BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health revealed that drinking sparkling water introduces carbon dioxide (CO2) into the…
President Trump has repeatedly blamed Gov. Gavin Newsom and other California leaders for the fires that devastated Los Angeles. The president has charged that the state’s Democrats have stubbornly refused to send enough water to Southern California to fight fires, which he attributed to their desire to protect the delta smelt, a threatened species of…
As fires across Los Angeles County start to wind down, health officials are warning about risks related to water systems in the area. Municipal water pipes damaged by fire can lose pressure, causing them to suck in smoke and harmful chemicals. Those chemicals can make their way through the water system and linger for years….
Monument Street, which cuts through the center of Pacific Palisades, tells two starkly different stories of the fire that has engulfed the community. On one side, lots where multimillion-dollar houses once stood are now ash and rubble. On the other, an outdoor shopping mall whose tenants include Chanel, the men’s clothier Buck Mason and an…
Water fluoridation is widely seen as one of the great public health achievements of the 20th century, credited with substantially reducing tooth decay. But there has been growing controversy among scientists about whether fluoride may be linked to lower I.Q. scores in children. A comprehensive federal analysis of scores of previous studies, published this week…
No kitchen feels complete without a kettle. The unassuming appliance that gives us boiling hot water in just a few minutes is a modern-day marvel. Sure, it’s not launching rockets into space or plummeting submarines into the Mariana Trench (yet) but if you’re looking for a show of everyday human ingenuity, it’s a fine example….
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has suspended a second chemist and stopped water testing at the state laboratory amid a state investigation into manipulated data. State public health officials on Dec. 20 identified that a second chemist had manipulated quality control data, contributing to the lapses in method 200.7, which tests for…
