(Natural News) Before SHTF, it’s crucial to learn how to source water and store it properly so you can make it last a long time in your survival stockpile. This important prepping skill ensures that you have water for cooking and cleaning even if you lose access to water in a survival scenario. (h/t to SurvivalBlog.com) […]

(Natural News) Arsenic is a naturally occurring element found in the Earth’s crust. It is widely distributed in the air, the land and most especially the water. It commonly enters the body through the food you eat and the water you drink. A study published in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging has found that if arsenic enters […]

(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) According to the survival rule of threes, you cannot survive for more than three days without an adequate supply of water. That’s why you need to stock up on a lot of water before SHTF. Here are the different types of water storage containers you should consider. (h/t to SmartPrepperGear.com) What material should your water […]

(Natural News) Your body naturally loses water every day, either through sweating, urinating, or even breathing. Dehydration occurs when you are unable to replenish your body’s water supply and you end up losing more fluids than you take in. In a survival situation, dehydration is a serious threat since you likely won’t last for more than three days […]

(Natural News) People need water to survive. If water is compromised, everyone should know how to make their water safe to drink. The knowledge and skill of water filtering is most useful in case of a boil water advisory. (h/t to SHTFBlog.com) What is a boil water advisory? A boil water advisory is a declaration from public […]

(Natural News) When you find yourself out in the wild without water, you have a serious problem. You have to find a source of water somewhere. A portable water filter may save you lots of time and effort, but not everyone has one. It is important then to learn various water filtering techniques, using materials […]

(Natural News) Need a cheap yet reliable way of purifying water without resorting to dangerous chemicals? Russian researchers have discovered the potential of graphene as a material for making water safe to drink. In their experiment, graphene treated water by trapping bacterial cells. The nano-material assembled into flakes that were easy to remove from the […]

(Natural News) New research published in the open-access journal Heliyon reveals that “drinking water” from the tap isn’t all that drinkable after all, seeing as how it often contains carcinogenic chemicals that increase cancer risk in people exposed to it. Over the course of a lifetime, warns the Environmental Working Group (EWG), the study’s author, […]

(Natural News) The water crisis that struck Toledo in 2014 spurred local researchers to look for ways to protect drinking water supplies from microcystin contamination. Using natural bacteria that live Lake Erie, they developed a biofilter that destroys the toxic contaminant produced by algal blooms. Supported by the University of Toledo (UT) and led by Dr. Jason Huntley, the study identified 13 different species […]