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7 Reasons to Drinking Plenty of Water
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on February 16th, 2015
EcoWatch: Our bodies are around 60 percent water, give or take.
It is commonly recommended to drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water per day (the 8×8 rule).
Although there is little science behind this specific rule, staying hydrated is important.
Here are seven evidence-based health benefits of drinking plenty of water.
1. Water Helps to Maximize Physical Performance
If we do not stay hydrated, physical performance can suffer.
This is particularly important during intense exercise or high...
Dispatches from the Seneca Lake Uprising
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on February 12th, 2015
EcoWatch: I told the guy at the wilderness outfitter store that I needed footwear appropriate for standing motionless in frigid temperatures with occasional bouts of below-zero wind chill. For possibly long periods of time. He asked if I was going ice fishing. There are no guidebooks for how to carry out a sustained civil disobedience campaign during winter—let alone one that involves human blockades that intercept trucks attempting to enter a compressor station site on a steeply sloping lakeshore with 18...
8-Year Fracking Moratorium Bill Introduced Maryland as Calif Demand Real Climate Action
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on February 6th, 2015
EcoWatch: On his way out of office last November, former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley opened the door to allowing fracking in that state, albeit under heavy regulation. That raised concerns that incoming pro-fracking Republican Governor Larry Hogan would dispense with many of the regulations, allowing extraction companies free reign.
Yesterday a group of Maryland legislators introduced a bill to head off that possibility. Forty-eight legislators introduced the Protect Our Health and Communities Act...
Racing Extinction: A Must-See Documentary of 2015, World Premier at Sundance
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on January 30th, 2015
EcoWatch: Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah is one of the largest independent film festivals in the world, attracting some 50,000 attendees. This year’s festival, its 31st anniversary, runs from Jan. 22 to Feb. 1. Robert Redford, founder of Sundance and a longtime environmental activist, sat down with Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman yesterday to discuss this year’s festival and pressing environmental issues, including the Keystone XL pipeline. The festival always has a solid showing of environmental films...
Flame Retardant Chemicals Linked to Preterm Births
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on January 30th, 2015
EcoWatch: A new study finds expecting mothers who were exposed to a flame retardant chemical may have been more likely to have a premature birth. That’s a concern because premature babies may have more health problems and may need to stay in the hospital longer than babies born later. They also may have long-term health problems that can affect their whole lives.
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch have determined that maternal exposure to high levels of flame-retardants may be a contributing...
Earthquakes Rattle Texas Town: Is Fracking to Blame?
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on January 28th, 2015
EcoWatch: January has been a shaky month for Irving, Texas. Twelve earthquakes rattled the city during a 48-hour period at the end of the first week of the new year. “It was very scary. I was at my job on the 4th floor in a cubicle surrounded by glass,” Tonya Rochelle Tatum, a loan specialist who works in Irving, told DeSmogBlog. “One quake seemed like it lasted five minutes. No one knew what to do.” The earthquake swarm shows no sign of stopping. On Jan. 21, five more quakes struck. The quakes are relatively...
Why Fracking Is a Breast Cancer Issue
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on January 27th, 2015
EcoWatch: Most people consider fracking a climate change issue. They are able to make the connection between a potent greenhouse gas like methane and its impact on warming the planet. But methane emission leaks at well sites are only one of the many concerns of the fracking boom. The toxic process also uses more than 700 chemicals, many linked to breast cancer. Fracking threatens the necessities of life, and just as this process drives climate change, it also increases our risk for breast cancer.
So what...
What Is a CSA and Why You Should Join One
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on January 27th, 2015
EcoWatch: A CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture, is a way to support farmers in your area by buying into a share of food for the growing season. Similar models existed in Europe, Japan and elsewhere before its arrival in the U.S. in the 1980s. Inspired by Rudolf Steiner, the philosopher and social reformer who is credited with developing Waldorf education and biodynamic agriculture, a German and a Swiss biodynamic farmer brought the concept to the U.S. and simultaneously but independently established...
15 Health Problems Linked to Monsanto’s Roundup
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on January 23rd, 2015
EcoWatch: Monsanto invented the herbicide glyphosate and brought it to market under the trade name Roundup in 1974, after DDT was banned. But it wasn’t until the late 1990s that the use of Roundup surged, thanks to Monsanto’s ingenious marketing strategy. The strategy? Genetically engineer seeds to grow food crops that could tolerate high doses of Roundup. With the introduction of these new GE seeds, farmers could now easily control weeds on their corn, soy, cotton, canola, sugar beets and alfalfa crops—crops...
Why Is It Legal to Cause Fracking Earthquakes In Colorado?
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on January 23rd, 2015
EcoWatch: You people are crazy. Idiots and morons who have no responsibility for anything they do to our Earth. They some how get a free pass to destroy our planet. The wildlife is dying quickly. The Ocean is so sick. HUMANS have done this. America get out of the greed Machine. It won`t help your children when there is no food or water. Please everyone wake up and get out of your bubble. Try to find real information not stupid science. Rigged science. You will destroy us all. The few are destroying what we...