Propaganda: Fluoride prevents tooth decay and is harmless additive found in toothpaste, rinses and our water supply.
Reality: Fluoride is a cumulative poison, it’s one of the most toxic substances on Earth, only about half of what we consume is excreted.
The other half collects in the teeth and bones, making them dense but brittle.
Ninety-eight percent of European countries are banning fluoride because of health concerns.
Cities throughout this country buy this witch’s brew, which contains less than 20 percent total fluoride (and the rest extremely toxic waste, silicofluoride).
Apparently we are supposed to accept the fact that toxic fluoride is being piped into our homes so that we all have access to free mouthwash.
If fluoride only works topically, why are we still saturating our tissue with it through the water we drink and the water we bathe in?
Let’s join most of the world in refusing to add this substance to our drinking water.
Lisa Stålfors Aspen

Jammu Kashmir Of 102.17 lakh rural houses, only 96.23 lakh have access to piped supply The scheme was launched by the Centre in April 2009 by modifying the accelerated rural water supply programme (ARWSP).
Vikas Sharma Jammu, January 22 Already struggling with poor piped water supply (PWS) in rural households, the state has also failed to prepare a five-year comprehensive water security action plan (WSAP), thereby affecting the supply of safe drinking water to rural households under the centrally-sponsored scheme National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP).
As per the data available, of the total 102.17 lakh rural households in Jammu and Kashmir, only 96.23 lakh people have access to piped drinking water from taps with the PWS connection.
Water security planning is required to optimise the use of water resources within the constraints of financial and human resources in order to meet basic needs, besides taking decisions with regard to water resources management, including investments.
Village water security plan (VWSP) includes the demographic, physical features, water sources and other details of the village, available drinking water infrastructure and water sources.
J&K is among the 21 states which have yet to prepare the same at all three levels.
The states are Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, HP, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, MP, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, UP and Uttarakhand.
These habitations were grappling with continuous depletion of groundwater due to successive drought, over-extraction, increase in contamination of the groundwater, shortage of surface water and pollution of surface water bodies.
The Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in March 2017 had made it clear to J&K that there would be no investment in new projects till the completion of the existing ones.
But in 2017-18, only 122 habitations with a population of 0.74 lakh were covered with access to safe drinking water.

Bringing additional sources for quality drinking water into the Johnson Utilities water system in San Tan Valley is a top priority for interim manager, Epcor.
One of the sources available is the SanTan Well #1 which Epcor is currently working to bring online.
SanTan Well #1 is an existing, but currently unused, resource in the Johnson Utilities system.
It is a source of quality water that can be made operational relatively quickly, and Epcor is moving forward with the access agreements and other tasks needed to bring this well online.
The first part of the process is to test the water in the well to make sure it meets drinking water requirements.
Epcor’s team started that work along Hunt Highway, Monday, January 21.
Testing the pump requires releasing some water into an adjacent greenbelt/stormwater retention area.
If the tests go well, Epcor will start preparing to bring the well online and serving the community by March as water usage starts to pick up again for the summer.
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One billion people in the world are living on less than $1 a day.
A total of 2.7 billion people in the world are living on less than $2 a day.
In 1960, the income of 20 percent of the richest countries is 30 times more than that of 20 percent of the poorest countries.
Poverty in Pakistan is day by day growing because of social problems which are tolerated by the citizens like illiteracy, over population, crime, economic disorder, environmental degradation etc.
Poverty is a rapidly increasing problem of our society which has created economic disorder and environmental degradation in the country.
Poverty is a rapidly increasing problem of our society which has created economic disorder and environmental degradation in the country.
Poor people are also suffering from hundreds of other social problems they face in their daily lives as well.
The poverty issue of Pakistan is increasing more in rural areas where almost 70 percent of the population resides.
Corruption decreases the trust of poor people for public officials, increases the cost of public services, hinders economic growth, increases inequality, violates human rights and supersedes the rule of law.
Political instability and corruption which result from bad governance have declined businesses, decreased economic growth and reduced access to basic needs.

Research reveals over half of the world’s groundwater flows could take over 100 years to respond fully to climate change Future generations could be faced with an environmental ‘time bomb’ if climate change is to have a significant effect on the world’s essential groundwater reserves.
In a new paper published in the journal Nature Climate Change, the research team have shown that in more than half of the world’s groundwater systems, it could take over 100 years for groundwater systems to completely respond to current environmental change.
Groundwater found underground in the cracks and pore spaces in soil, sand and rock, is the largest source of usable freshwater in the world and is relied on by more than two billion people as a source of drinking and irrigation water.
Groundwater resources are replenished predominantly through rainfall in a process known as recharge.
If there is a change in recharge, for example, due to a reduction in rainfall as a result of climate change, the levels of water in the ground will begin to change until a new balance is achieved.
Lead author of the research, Dr Mark Cuthbert, from Cardiff University’s School of Earth and Ocean Sciences and Water Research Institute, said: “Our research shows that groundwater systems take a lot longer to respond to climate change than surface water, with only half of the world’s groundwater flows responding fully within ‘human’ timescales of 100 years.
“This means that in many parts of the world, changes in groundwater flows due to climate change could have a very long legacy.
This could be described as an environmental time bomb because any climate change impacts on recharge occurring now, will only fully impact the baseflow to rivers and wetlands a long time later.
They discovered that, in general, groundwater in wetter, more humid locations may respond to climate change on much shorter timescales, whereas more arid locations where water is more scarce naturally have much longer groundwater response times.
The pinpointing of locations is significant as for many parts of the world, especially where surface water supplies are less available, the domestic, agricultural, and industrial water needs can only be met by using the water beneath the ground.

The Planning Board is hoping Town Meeting will OK proposals that, combined, will help to create a 550-acre resource area in South Plymouth, designed to protect drinking water as well as to provide a site for a future town well.
PLYMOUTH – The Planning Board is hoping Town Meeting will OK proposals that, combined, will help to create a 550-acre resource area in South Plymouth, designed to protect drinking water as well as to provide a site for a future town well.
Called Long Duck Groundwater Resource Area, the resource area would be set aside as a development-free zone where the town could sink another well.
Today, the population hovers around 60,000; that number increases to 80,000 during the summer.
Planning Board Chairman Malcolm MacGregor went before the Select Board Tuesday night with a proposal for the Long Duck Groundwater Resource Area, which would be a 550-acre swath between Halfway Pond and Long Pond roads.
Town Meeting will be asked to revise the boundaries of the Aquifer Protection District to include this 550-acre area for two reasons: to protect the groundwater and keep it clean, because over development can cause toxins to filter into the groundwater and, therefore, the drinking water.
The second reason is to that, in the future, when Plymouth’s population continues to increase, the town is prepared ahead of time with an area that could serve as a well head.
The Department of Environmental Protection also requires that the Redbrook development’s Zone II region, a designation to protect groundwater for wells, should be included in this overlay district.
The land is undeveloped, with much of it already owned by state conservation agencies.
Town Meeting will be asked to transfer 16.2 acres of tax title land off Long Pond Road, known as Bay View Terrace, to the care of the Conservation Commission, to transfer 49 acres of tax title land off Lunn’s Way to the Water Commission and to transfer 11.85 acres in South Plymouth to the custody of the Water Commission, as well.

To address the rising water shortage in the North East and other Nigerian communities, some organisations have moved to provide them with safe drinking water.
The EnvironFocus in partnership with interested individuals, NGOs, charities and businesses are providing lifeStraw filters, which convert contaminated water into clean, safe drinking water to the communities.
The easy-to-use filters are vital tools for some of the 780 million people who don’t have ready access to safe drinking water.
The product was manufactured by Vestergaard.
Founder and Principal Consultant at EnvironFocus Incorporated, Mrs. Obie Agusiegbe said the Safe Drinking Water Project provides an avenue for individuals and organizations wanting to assist a poor Nigerian school, village, orphanage, Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp, health centres etc.
with access to safe and clean drinking water free of pathogenic micro-organisms that cause waterborne diseases.
According to UNICEF Nigeria, Nigeria has made substantial progress in developing policies and strategies for water supply and sanitation service delivery, but faces major challenges in translating these into action.
For instance, safe drinking water is difficult to attain without proper sanitation with 47 million people practicing open defecation (OD).But Agusiegbe said the launch will address the problem of water scarcity as an estimated 124,000 children under the age of five die every year because of diarrhea, mainly due to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene.Lack of adequate water and sanitation, she said, are also major causes of other diseases, including respiratory infection and under-nutrition.
According to her, the recent extreme flooding event that took place in Nigeria in 2018 resulting from heavy rainfall, exacerbated by climate change, left over 18,000 men, women and children displaced from their homes and living in the camps in Anambra state alone exacerbating the need for safe drinking water.She also stressed that with the rising conflict caused primarily by Boko Haram in the North East, nearly 1.4 million children are at imminent risk of death this year.
“There are about 1.4 million men, women and children living in Internally Displaced Peoples camps in Borno State alone that lack safe drinking water.“There is an ongoing cholera outbreak that has not been eliminated and there are huge cases of Acute Watery Diarrhoea that are being reported every day due to lack of safe drinking water”, she added.

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 10, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ACWA Deputy Executive Director for Government Relations Cindy Tuck issued the following statement in response to Gov.
Gavin Newsom’s proposal to tax water, which was part of his proposed 2019-20 state budget released today: “The vast majority of the state’s residents have access to safe drinking water, but a small percentage of the population does not.
This unacceptable reality is a social issue for the State of California.
ACWA believes that making access to safe drinking water for all Californians should be a top priority for the State.
However, a statewide water tax is highly problematic and is not necessary when alternative funding solutions exist and the state has a huge budget surplus.
“ACWA wants to work with Gov.
Newsom, his administration, the Legislature and other stakeholders on a funding solution that does not impose a statewide water tax.” Contact: Heather Engel, Director of Communications | (916) 441-4545 | C (760) 217-0627

Srikanth Singamaneni, professor of mechanical engineering & materials science, and Young-Shin Jun, professor of energy, environmental & chemical engineering, and their teams blended their expertise to develop an ultrafiltration membrane using graphene oxide and bacterial nanocellulose that they found to be highly efficient, long-lasting and environmentally friendly.
If their technique were to be scaled up to a large size, it could benefit many developing countries where clean water is scarce.
Biofouling accounts for nearly half of all membrane fouling and is highly challenging to eradicate completely.
The team then incorporated graphene oxide (GO) flakes into the bacterial nanocellulose while it was growing, essentially trapping GO in the membrane to make it stable and durable.
After GO is incorporated, the membrane is treated with base solution to kill Gluconacetobacter.
“If you want to purify water with microorganisms in it, the reduced graphene oxide in the membrane can absorb the sunlight, heat the membrane and kill the bacteria,” Singamaneni said.
Singamaneni and Jun and their team exposed the membrane to E. coli bacteria, then shone light on the membrane’s surface.
While the bacteria are killed, the researchers had a pristine membrane with a high quality of nanocellulose fibers that was able to filter water twice as fast as commercially available ultrafiltration membranes under a high operating pressure.
“This is like 3-D printing with microorganisms,” Jun said.
“We can add whatever we like to the bacteria nanocellulose during its growth.

As important a technology as water filters are, they get less effective as bacteria builds up on their surface.
To make the new membrane, the researchers first feed a sugary substance to Gluconacetobacter hansenii.
The bacteria then use that substance to produce cellulose nanofibers in water.
While those fibers are growing, the team adds graphene oxide flakes to add stability and durability to the membrane.
"We can add whatever we like to the bacteria nanocellulose during its growth.
We looked at it under different pH conditions similar to what we encounter in the environment, and these membranes are much more stable compared to membranes prepared by vacuum filtration or spin-coating of graphene oxide."
"If you want to purify water with microorganisms in it, the reduced graphene oxide in the membrane can absorb the sunlight, heat the membrane and kill the bacteria," says Srikanth Singamaneni, co-lead author of the study.
Three minutes of exposure to light was enough to heat the membrane to over 70° C (158° F), hot enough to kill the bugs.
Tests of membranes made without the reduced graphene oxide found that, predictably, the E. coli survived.
That said, it may be tricky to implement in current water filtration systems, but the team suggests that future designs could be made to use LEDs or tiny generators that produce light and heat from the flow of the water itself.