https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o You MUST post a unique link en-us 2016-12-20 19:40:00 UTC 2017-03-07 02:17:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/148421298 https://academic.oup.com/bmb/article/68/1/199/421245/Contaminants-in-drinking-waterEnvironmental

This article does not specifically state what city the contamination takes place in but it does say how to see contaminated water and how to avoid it. Giardi is an example of contamination in water. This leads gastrointestinal illness in the USA. This can impact the people who use the water as they can get sick and be taken to the hospital.]]> 2017-01-20 17:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/148421298 jonesevan2017 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/148434215 http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/20/health/chromium-6-in-drinking-water/
This is water all over the US that tested positive for Chromium-6. Scientific reports have indicated that breathing in airborne chromium-6 particles can cause lung cancer. This chromium-6 has polluted water throughout the US.]]> 2017-01-20 17:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/148434215 petersoncharles2017 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/148591586 http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/11/health/toxic-tap-water-flint-michigan/
This article talks about how Flint Michigan got their water contaminated. To begin they were using the water from Lake Huron, which they were paying Detroit for, and decided to save money and switch to a not so great source. After doing so they began to see their water have a unnormal coloration. This was because is was loaded with a large amount of iron and lead which is not healthy for humans.]]> 2017-01-22 20:10:49 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/148591586 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/148615595 http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/28/us/epa-lead-in-u-s-water-systems/

This article talks about how Eighteen million Americans live in communities where the water systems are in violation of the law. Moreover, the federal agency in charge of making sure those systems are safe not only knows the issues exist, but it's done very little to stop them. This is a problem nationwide and people everywhere are getting sick.

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The following article is about uranium being contained in a supply of water and is located in a farming region in Fresno, CA. It affected many farm workers that spoke a different language when not understanding a warning sign that long term use of that water would lead to cancer. ]]> 2017-01-23 05:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/148620667 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/148852470 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/uranium-contaminates-drinking-water-in-us-west/

Uranium from the soil is getting into the drinking water of Fresno. To make matters worse most of the people living there are unaware of the danger the chemical can bring.]]> 2017-01-23 19:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/148852470 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/148852762 http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/11/health/toxic-tap-water-flint-michigan/

The article above is about the contamination of the water in Flint Michigan. In the water is an extremely high level of heavy metal neurotoxin. This water is now almost unusable and very contaminated. 

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This article talks about how water purification plants have not been cleaning their water to standards and have been leaving led in some of it. ]]> 2017-01-23 19:54:41 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/148855729 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/148863200 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/u-s-pay-billions-marines-affected-contaminated-drinking-water/

In this article, leaking fuel tanks were contaminating water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. The people impacted could have gotten adult leukemia, aplastic anemia, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, liver cancer, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and Parkinson’s disease.]]> 2017-01-23 20:22:49 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/148863200 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/148865431 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcGV_pbWEjs

In this video, the drinking water of Flint, Michigan was contaminated with high amounts of lead. This was caused by the corroded pipes of the Flint River. One family lost all their hair and developed rashes that were very painful.]]> 2017-01-23 20:28:58 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/148865431 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/149058422 http://michaelmoore.com/10FactsOnFlint/
Flint Michigan hasn't had clean drinking water since April 24th, 2014. The city became a ghost town and people left because of how inhabitable it became]]> 2017-01-24 15:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/149058422 baumannmitchell2017 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/149058800 This article explains how water is being polluted in various shapes and forms. It also talks about purification plants have not been cleaning their water to standards and have been leaving led in some of it. ]]> 2017-01-24 15:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/149058800 baumannmitchell2017 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/149058808 2017-01-24 15:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/149058808 dearantesoliveirasebastian2017 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/149058923 https://www.epa.gov/ccl/types-drinking-water-contaminants
In this article the four categories of contamination through water pollution and contamination in our drinking water. ]]> 2017-01-24 15:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/149058923 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/149059932 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/uranium-contaminates-drinking-water-in-us-west/

In California's San Joaquin Valley, shards of uranium was beginning to be found in the water. The problem is that over time if you keep drinking the water you will eventually get cancer. The state's water resources control has spent $16.7 million dollars funding this epidemic.]]> 2017-01-24 16:01:20 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/149059932 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/149060733 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93BqLewm3bA

The video talks about the different types of contaminants that affect the water depending on where you live and do. The video also talked about the different kinds of pollutants. ]]> 2017-01-24 16:03:12 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/149060733 pazmarcanthony2017 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/149062942 There is water in US has Chromium-6.  If people breathe  in airborne chromium-6 particles it can cause lung cancer. 

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How the water is being affected by old copper pipes, and iron in the water. Drinking it will not be safe]]> 2017-01-24 17:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/149106877 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/149506225 https://www.wqa.org/learn-about-water/common-contaminants
In this article, it list the common waterborne contaminates and also tells you the effects they have on our health. It also tells you the perceptible water quality issues such as staining, bad taste and smell, cloudiness and discoloration, and finally corrosion . ]]> 2017-01-26 04:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/149506225 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/149689676 https://academic.oup.com/bmb/article/68/1/199/421245/Contaminants-in-drinking-waterEnvironmental
In this article, the things that can be find in Containment water are physical, chemical, biological, or radio-logical substances.  The containment water can be found in California and other states like Oregon, Wyoming, and Maryland. This has effected people in many ways such as making people ill, nautilus, or even death sometimes. To make the water cleaner they put it threw a machine that takes out any Physical, chemical, biological or radio-logical substances out of the water to make it fresh and ready to drink. 
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This video discusses how the affect of water contamination on the earth, animals, and humans is all connected. Animals and humans areinterdependent, and need to earth to survive. 

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In the video and the article it talks about how raw sewage flows right into the areas in which athletes would compete. Also they found a dead body. This is because they don't clean up their water and have a process to clean it.]]> 2017-01-30 14:40:14 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/150239988 Only1Earth https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/150338008 Ms. Phillips]]> 2017-01-30 18:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/150338008 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/150436839 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgLIMaZAJj0

This video discusses the causes of water pollution. It also talks about how water is owned by everyone and that means that we cannot let people take it from us or let it be controlled by corporations who will exploit it for money.]]> 2017-01-31 06:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/150436839 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/150438749 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKCpeflOIUw

In this video drugs like painkillers, blood thinners, chemotherapy drugs have been found in water supplies. All around Ontario including in the rivers these drugs have been found. Not only do these drugs go through our system but they also hurt the animals in the rivers. For example some fish are producing eggs in their testes. ]]> 2017-01-31 06:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/150438749 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/150637578 https://www.wqa.org/learn-about-water/common-contaminants
Common pollutants in drinking water are aluminum, bacteria and virus', and chlorine. These contaminants can be found by people "dumping" their pollutants in water, most likely in cities. ]]> 2017-01-31 18:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/150637578 Only1Earth https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/150694988 Ms. Phillips]]> 2017-01-31 21:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/150694988 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/150700316 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/residents-frustrated-after-animas-river-spill-may-have-contaminated-drinking-water/
In this article, three million gallons of toxic waste were pushed down two rivers that cross Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. A crew working for the Environmental Protection Agency, or the EPA, accidentally breached a dam holding back heavy metals used in gold mining. Colorado's governor declared a disaster. The people around the disaster were impacted because all the areas the water had infiltrated had to stop drinking the water. They were also required to stop bathing in it because it was harmful to their health. ]]> 2017-01-31 21:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/150700316 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/150702954 http://www.heraldcourier.com/news/ny-water-tests-find-no-industrial-chemical-contamination/article_98890f12-3e65-5b9d-b531-d9fd4f7d85b6.html

Surprisingly, in this article the city of Albany, New York is searching for two cancer-causing industrial chemicals. To their surprise no such chemicals are found making the water safe from any harmful chemicals. This helped affect the citizens knowing that the water they drinking is a bit safer

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In reading this article I learned that there are wells used in central California where there were uranium removal sites close by in the past recent years. This is a huge problem because many of the people in these societies are being told that the water is safe to drink when in reality as a result of the uranium traces drinking the water can lead to cancer. ]]> 2017-02-11 02:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/153201062 https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/158146170 https://www.google.com/search?q=water+contamination+in+drinking+water&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=681&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjR67bWzMLSAhVoqFQKHZQ4CBUQ_AUIBygC#imgrc=ywVo9ixZ7UZj7M:

Waste from manufacturing plant,  gasoline leaks, and drugs flushed in our water supply are just some of the things that flow into our water into our aquifer. 
 

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There are four types of contaminants, Physical, Chemical, Biological, and Radiological.  Some contaminants may be harmful if consumed at certain levels of the drinking water. ]]> 2017-03-07 02:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Only1Earth/y1xe2egx7w6o/wish/158220596