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Ground Water Defined
The supply of fresh water found beneath the Earth's surface, usually in aquifers, which supply wells and springs. Because ground water is a major source of drinking water, there is growing concern over contamination from leaching agricultural or industrial pollutants or leaking underground storage tanks.
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New food review: more foods claim functional benefits
Published August 21, 2008, 6:45 pm, Food Business Review
Probiotics are increasingly featuring in non-dairy products, as this months round-up of new product launches reveals. Recent introductions to the US include a probiotic muffin and snack bar, showing that the concept of functional food is moving into more indulgent products. This could provide consumers with more opportunities to eat healthily.
Fay inches across saturated Florida; two drown
Published August 21, 2008, 6:35 pm, CNN.com
Tropical Storm Fay was moving across Florida at a walking pace Thursday evening, dropping heavy rain on a state already struggling with flooding.
Fay Floods Hospital Emergency Room Entrance; Patients Diverted
Published August 21, 2008, 6:32 pm, Local 6 Orlando
Patients are diverted from a hospital over Fay flood waters. IMAGES: Fay Floods Hospital IMAGES: Catfish In Yards, Other Viewer Images IMAGES: Canoes - Airboats Used To Flee Floods NOTE: Current Weather Warnings/Watches
Toxic Turf
Published August 21, 2008, 6:32 pm, WSAV Savannah
In the midst of Savannah’s beauty is lurking a dirty secret - that could make you or your children sick.
FDA will allow produce to be zapped
Published August 21, 2008, 6:24 pm, KGO-TV Bay Area
The FDA starting Friday will allow the irradiating of spinach and lettuce.
Good soil improves blueberries
Published August 21, 2008, 5:50 pm, Corvallis Gazette-Times
CORVALLIS — A healthier, tastier product is Bob Wilt’s ultimate goal.
Salads To Get New Dressing - Radiation
Published August 21, 2008, 5:30 pm, CBS News
Spinach and lettuce sellers got the go-ahead from the FDA to treat their produce with just enough radiation to kill E. coli and other germs.
Radiation Coming To Spinach, Lettuce Near You
Published August 21, 2008, 5:29 pm, NBC 4 Los Angeles
Consumers worried about salad safety may soon be able to buy fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce zapped with just enough radiation to kill E. coli and a few other germs.
FDA OKs Radiation To Kill Germs In Leafy Greens
Published August 21, 2008, 5:17 pm, WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul
Consumers worried about salad safety may soon be able to buy fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce zapped with just enough radiation to kill E. coli and a few other germs. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday will issue a new regulation allowing spinach and lettuce sellers to take that extra step, a long-awaited move amid increasing outbreaks from raw produce.
$1.85M released for work at Hawaii schools
Published August 21, 2008, 4:37 pm, Honolulu Advertiser
Nearly $1.85 million has been released for capital improvement projects at Linapuni Elementary School and Kalihi Waena Elementary School on O'ahu and two planning studies covering schools on O'ahu and statewide.
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- Groundwater: Soft
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Fri Jul 25
- Health impacts of water pollution
- Water contamination causes genetic disorders among Amritsar villagers, Punjab News - By Indiaedunews.n et
Fri Jul 11
- EPA Ground Water and Drinking Water: The Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water
- USGS - Arsenic in ground water of the United States: Arsenic in ground water of the United States
Tue Jul 8
- Alarm bell rings as ground water level rises below the main runway at Calcutta airport: Alarm bells has started ringing at Calcutta airport after the ground water level rose to six inches below the primary runway. This has caused some safety concern among the flights taking off and landing at the primary runway.
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