Author: Lisa Frack
Website: http://www.enviroblog.org/2009/12/is-your-tapwater-safe.html…

When people ask what kind of water filter to use for their tapwater, we reply, “It depends on what contaminants are present in your tap water, since different filters are effective at removing different contaminants.”

Which (usually) begets this obvious follow-up question: “How can I find out what contaminants are in my tap water?”

At which point we say: Easy! Use our national drinking water database & filter buying guide.

Both are easily searchable online and - here’s a really important detail that might seem trivial: they’re in the same place. Meaning, of course, that you can find out what contaminates the tapwater in your house, then right then and there find the right filter to improve its quality. No more excuses!

What did we find out about the nation’s tapwater?
EWG spent three years analyzing the results of almost 20 million drinking water tests from…

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Author: Green Talk
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I received this email today about the Pink and Glove Dance to help breast cancer awareness.   This is such a cute video with one of my favorite songs, Down,  by Jay Sean.

This is the email that I received:

Our daughter-in-law, Emily (MacInnes) Somers, created, directed and choreographed this in Portland last week for her Medline glove division as a fundraiser for breast cancer awareness. This was all her idea to help promote their new pink gloves. I don’t know how she got so many employees, doctors and patients to participate, but it started to really catch on and they all had a lot of fun doing it.

When the video gets 1 million hits, Medline will be making a huge contribution to the hospital, as well as offering free mammograms for the community. Please check it out. It’s an easy and great way to donate to a wonderful cause, and who hasn’t been touched by breast cancer?

Ann Somers”

How many hits so far? Over four million.  Let’s keep it going.

To the Pink Gloves and…

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