What is in your water might surprise you green fest dc 05142017 final

You might be surprised at what
might be in our drinking water
Green Festival Washington D.C. Sunday May 14,
2017
by
Tony Green
Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2017

Agenda
Ensuring your water is safe
What might be in your water?
What can we do about our water?

Alternative Energy
Environment
Advanced Materials
Water Conservation
“I believe if people in
general had a better
understanding of how
alternative/clean
technologies worked there
would much less
comprehension and fear
toward adopting these
technologies.”
The Voice of Sustainability
Speaking Green Communications

Would you drink this water?

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Ensuringour Water is Safe

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Ensuringour Water is Safe

Washington D.C. - Lead issue?

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Ensuringour Water is safe
Clean Water Act

Ensuringour Water is safe

Radiation
Silicone
Octane
Lysol
Bacteria
Chloroform
Ensuring our Water is safe

Should we trust our water is safe?

What Might be in Your Water
Source : Alex Del’homme ‘s “The Ripple Effect”

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Source: Pesticides in Drinking Water from the New Jersey Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Consumer and Environmental Health Services
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Pesticides

S u r f a c e
w a t e r r u n o f f
R a i n a n d
S n o w
I m p r o p e r l y
d i s p o s e d
p e s t i c i d e s
Pesticides

Endocrine Disruptors
https://www.arhp.org/uploadDocs/RH06_Jones.ppt

E n d o c r i n e D i s r u p t o r s

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Source: dreamstime.com

P h a r m a c e u t i c a l s a n d P e r s o n a l C a r e P r o d u c t s
a s P o l l u t a n t s ( P P C P )
http://fipaonline.com/documents/Presentations/Proper%20Medication%20Disposal%20Program%20by%20Susanna%20Littell%20%20FINAL.ppt

PPCP Source Pathways to the Sewer
50%
50%
Percent Prescriptions discharged during disposal
Used Unused
20%
80%
Percent Antibodies discharged during disposal
Used Unused

Routes of Release of Human and Veterinary Pharmaceuticals
http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange2/current/labs/Example%20Power%20Point%20Presentations%20(taken%20from%20GC1)/Environment%20and%20Pharmaceuticals.ppt

C o c a i n e
H o w d o w e k n o w ?
“ B E ” t h e m a j o r m e t a b o l i t e of
c o c a i n e – f o u n d i n y o u r d r i n k i n g
w a t e r.
O n l y p r o d u c e b y c o c a i n e !

Source: www.mapsofworld.com Source: www.mapsofworld.com Source: www.mapsofworld.com

PPCPs Are Present in Our Nation’s Waterbodies

“Trust but verify”

PPCPs Are Present in Our Nation’s Waterbodies

F l u o r i d e

What we can do
U s e a B r i t a F i l t e r i n y o u r h o m e
T h i n k a b o u t w h a t g o e s d o w n t h e d r a i n
C o n s i d e r Wa t e r Tr e a t m e n t
S y s t e m ( C a r b o n F i l t e r o r R e v e r s e
O s m o s i s )
)

What we can do
D i s p o s e o f m e d i c i n e s p r o p e r l y
O rg a n i c F a r m i n g
H a v e y o u r w a t e r t e s t e d r e g u l a r l y ! ! ! ! !

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