(Natural News) If you assume your tap water must be safe to drink because you haven’t heard otherwise, you could be gambling with your health. Seven years ago, the American Society for Civil Engineers issued a warning that most of the country’s drinking water infrastructure was “nearing the end of its useful life.” Not much […]

(Natural News) Repeated exposure to low levels of fluoride may be toxic to the kidneys and liver of children, found a study published in the journal Environment International. Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai examined how fluoride levels in water and blood may relate to renal and liver health. They found that […]

(Natural News) A common disease appears to be striking in Central America and several other countries and it mainly affects farmers. The disease, chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu), has baffled experts as to how it develops and why it hit a predominantly agricultural population from the tropics. Several hypotheses cropped up since it […]

(Natural News) Scientists are gearing up for an expedition deep off Florida’s gulf coast in August. The scientists, with help from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), are looking to probe the Green Banana — a mysterious blue hole that begins 155 feet below the ocean’s surface. Blue holes are underwater sinkholes that form when rainwater dissolves a hole through limestone rock. They are […]

(Natural News) Research suggests that microplastics are in seafood and in the very water that you drink. While studies have yet to determine the harmful effects of microplastics on human health, experts recommend using water filters to reduce exposure to microplastics in tap water. A credit card’s worth of microplastics ingested weekly Findings from a separate study […]

(Natural News) A trial is currently underway in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco in a lawsuit demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ban fluoride chemicals from the water supplies across the U.S., and the outcome could finally put an end to a dangerous and common practice […]

(Natural News) Nearly half of all adults in the U.S. have hypertension (high blood pressure). It is the leading preventable cause of premature death worldwide, affecting over 1.13 billion people globally and 116.4 million Americans. If you’re suffering from hypertension, chances are you’ve been advised to reduce your salt intake to manage your condition, since […]

(Natural News) Lockdown policies throughout the country are keeping most people inside their homes, to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. As a prepper, you should have enough food in your stockpile to last you for at least a month. Besides food and survival gear, you’ll need clean water for drinking, cooking, cleaning and […]

(Natural News) Over the years, products with lead have steadily been removed from store shelves as more people become aware about the dangers of lead poisoning. However, K-12 students in California may be ingesting the heavy metal through an unavoidable source – their water. In an email to the Environmental Working Group, the California State […]

(Natural News) As it turns out, the addition of cheap, plastic lenses can effectively boost the efficiency of solar-powered water desalination systems. This is according to researchers from Rice University’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP), who found that by concentrating sunlight into “hotspots” using lenses, they could boost the efficiency of solar-powered membrane distillation desalination systems […]