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Read an excerpt of Bottlemania. Read about Elizabeth Royte, and her books Garbage Land and The Tapir's Morning Bath, both New York Times Notable Books.
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Water Links General Information About Drinking Water From the Environmental Protection Agency on tap water: General information (www.epa.gov/safewater) and a FAQ (www.epa.gov/OGWDW/faq/faq.html) And from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov/health/water.htm The Environmental Working Group on contaminants in tap water: www.ewg.org/tapwater/findings.php The Environmental Working Group's tap water database for local communities (data were collected between 1998 and 2002): www.ewg.org/sites/tapwater/yourwater/ The NRDC on contaminants in tap water: www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/fdrinkingwater.pdf The EPA on testing for contaminants in well water: www.epa.gov/safewater/privatewells/index2.html An NRDC report on tap water quality and compliance: www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/uscities/pdf/chap02.pdf The U.S. Geological Survey on “emerging contaminants” in drinking water: toxics.usgs.gov/regional/emc/index.html Information from the Consumer Federation of America on contaminants of concern for vulnerable populations: www.consumerfed.org/pdfs/vulnpop.pdf The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on preventing cryptosporidiosis in vulnerable populations: preview.tinyurl.com/6nwbh7 The Campaign for Safe and Affordable Drinking Water's “Making Sense of ‘Right to Know' Reports”: www.safe-drinking-water.org/pdf/makesense.pdf . Consumer Reports on deciphering your consumer confidence report. The Department of Health and Human Services on the health effects of possible water contaminants: www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxpro2.html To find a state-certified lab to test your water, see www.epa.gov/safewater/labs/index.html or call the Safe Drinking Water Hotline, 800/426-4791. For more information on when or what to test for, see www.epa.gov/safewater/faq/pdfs/fs_homewatertesting.pdf Physicians for Social Responsibility fact sheets on safe drinking water: www.psr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Safe_Drinking_Water_main Thinking about buying a water filter? Consumer Reports video on five top water filters. Consumer Reports on a filter to avoid. From Food and Water Watch: preview.tinyurl.com/5x2bex From Grist Magazine: preview.tinyurl.com/54jt6y From Consumer Reports (May 2007), a primer on water-filter types: preview.tinyurl.com/4m48qx (Recommendations and ratings available by subscription only). From the Green Guide and the National Sanitation Foundation: What's the difference between bottled spring and well water? What's artesian? www.cfsan.fda.gov/~acrobat/botwatr.pdf How to purify water in an emergency: Fluoride in your tap water? In favor: www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/ Opposed: http://www.fluoridealert.org/ To learn more about water and privatization: The Alliance for Democracy: www.thealliancefordemocracy.org/water/ Blue Planet Project: www.blueplanetproject.net Corporate Accountability International: www.stopcorporateabuse.org Defending Water in Maine: www.defendingwaterinmaine.org Food and Watch Watch: http://foodandwaterwatch.org/ H2O for ME: www.h2oforme.com McCloud Watershed Council: mccloudwatershedcouncil.org/ Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation www.savemiwater.org/ The Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security: www.pacinst.org/ The Polaris Institute: www.polarisinstitute.org Save Our Groundwater: www.saveourgroundwater.org The Sierra Club's Water Privatization Taskforce: www.sierraclub.org/committees/cac/water/ Sweetwater Alliance: www.waterissweet.org/ Water Dividend Trust: www.waterdividendtrust.com/ Water Waves: www.waterwaves.org Organizations working to protect public waterways American Rivers: www.americanrivers.org The Nature Conservancy: www.nature.org/initiatives/freshwater/ American Whitewater www.americanwhitewater.org/ Environmental Defense: www.environmentaldefense.org Earth Policy Institute: www.earth-policy.org The Freshwater Society: www.freshwater.org The River Network: www.rivernetwork.org Trout Unlimited: www.tu.org World Wildlife Fund: www.panda.org Waterkeeper Alliance: www.waterkeeper.org Clean Water Network: www.cleanwaternetwork.org/ Clean Water Action: www.cleanwateraction.org/ Earth Justice: www.earthjustice.org/our_work/issues/water/ League of Conservation Voters: www.lcv.org Clearwater Hudson River Sloop: www.clearwater.org Conservation International: www.conservation.org Croton Watershed Clean Water Coalition www.newyorkwater.org Other organizations International Bottled Water Association: www.bottledwater.org American Water Works Association: www.awwa.org Water Environment Federation: http://wef.org/Home Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies: www.amwa.net The Pacific Institute: www.pacinst.org On water footprints: www.waterfootprint.org Water movies! Thirst: www.thirstthemovie.org FLOW: For Love of Water www.flowthefilm.com (Activists and educators: Get 25% off the retail price of a FLOW DVD by entering the code "watercitizen" at www.oscilloscope.net.) Blue Gold: Life for Sale http://www.bluegold-worldwaterwars.com/ Water Warriors www.mediathatmattersfest.org/6/water_warriors/index.php?fs=about See also Food and Water Watch's extensive filmography: www.foodandwaterwatch.org/films/films Water Blogs http://waterfortheages.wordpress.com/ http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/ Waterwired http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/ |
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