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Every Story About Chemicals in Drinking Water Is a Gift to the Bottled Water Industry By Elizabeth Royte, AlterNet Instead, we must fix our municipal systems and, most important of all, better protect our watersheds from chemical and other pollution. Read more »   Portions Of Iraq Are Drying Up Completely By John Laumer, TreeHugger The human impact of climate change, combined with the demands of a burgeoning regional population may exceed that of insurrection in Iraq. Read more »   River Held Hostage: Disgruntled French Workers Threaten to Dump Toxic Waste in Seine By Tara Lohan, AlterNet Have those passionate French gone too far this time? Read more »   Peter Gleick: 'Drought Impacts on Unemployment Are Grossly Overstated' By Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute Exaggerating the role that water plays in unemployment will do little to improve farm jobs and much to hurt rational water policy in the region. Read more »   Rethinking Food Production For a World of Eight Billion By Lester R. Brown, TreeHugger How China ended its dependence on food aid, almost overnight, and become the world's third largest food aid donor. Read more »   Thanks to EPA You May Be Unknowingly Drinking Water Contaminated With Weed Killer By Danielle Ivory, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund One of the nation's most widely-used herbicides has been found to exceed federal safety limits in drinking water. Read more »   The Coalfields of Appalachia Are in a State of Emergency and Your Help Is Needed Now By Jeff Biggers, AlterNet Here are a few ways to support coalfield residents and heroes, affect climate destabilization, and move our nation toward clean energy jobs. Read more »   Save the Oceans With Your Thong: How to Get Your Social Cause to Match Your Underwear By Tara Lohan, AlterNet Really, it's only fair, T-shirts have been doing all the work for years. Read more »

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