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February is “American Heart Month.” How Is Your Home Water Quality Impacting Your Cardiovascular Health?
February is American Heart Month, a time for many Americans to pause and consider how their lifestyle, diet, and family history might affect their cardiovascular health. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for Americans, accounting for 1 in 4 deaths in the United States. Additionally, the healthcare costs of heart disease are staggering:…
Read MoreContaminated Water Could Threaten The Immune System. Did This Contribute to the COVID-19 Pandemic?
There is no shortage of disturbing news these days, especially pertaining to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and global health crisis. But could contaminants in our water have contributed to some of the social and public health disparities we have seen throughout the pandemic? The racial and socioeconomic inequities in the COVID-19 pandemic are well-documented. Black,…
Read MoreHow The Future of Water Fits into Biden’s Climate Agenda
When Joe Biden is sworn in on January 20th, he will be faced with one of the greatest challenges in modern history: confronting the ongoing and worsening climate crisis, and environmental injustice around the country. While his predecessor spent much of his time in office rolling back climate regulations and disempowering federal regulators, President-elect Biden…
Read MoreTraveling? Here Are the Top Cities With the Poorest Water Quality
Americans love to travel. There are hundreds of beautiful sites, exciting adventures, beaches, mountains, and roads to explore across the U.S. that attract people from around the world. But wherever your travels take you, no matter what sites you see, one thing is for sure: you will need to drink water on your journey. Our…
Read MoreClimate Change and Water Quality
Climate change significantly (and often negatively) impacts the water cycle. Unusual changes in weather patterns directly affect the amount and quality of available water. Flooding: Increased water flows & precipitation leads to increased runoff, which increases the amount of industrial and agricultural pollutants from land activities that end up in source water. Much of this…
Read More5 Biggest Myths About Water Quality
We’re here to reveal the 5 Most Common Myths About Water Quality. This post may be shocking. (70% of our readers say it is.) First, a 6th myth that didn’t make our list: Myth: “The government agencies and powers that be can handle water quality monitoring, and there’s nothing for me to do.” Fact: The President’s Council on…
Read MoreClean Water for All: The History of United Nations World Water Day
Clean Water for All: The History of United Nations World Water Day On March 22, millions of people around the world celebrated United Nations World Water Day. You probably saw posts on your Instagram Account that looked like this: As we remember communities around the world who still need access to clean water, we’d like…
Read MoreHow Aquagenuity (Where Water meets Ingenuity) Was Born
I’m Doll Avant, Founder and CEO of Aquagenuity. Most of us remember when the contaminated water crisis in Flint, MI hit national headlines in 2016. When I heard the news, I, like most Americans, was shocked. But as a data scientist and a graduate of Harvard University, I wanted a better understanding of what was…
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