MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'clean water'. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:21:41 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3757836&cid=t_136242_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fflush-down-your-dead-eco-friendly-or-awful%2F photo: Thinkstock Swirling down into the sewage system has traditionally been a burial ritual reserved for goldfish, but undertakers in Belgium think humans should go to the same place. They’ve developed a system of converting deceased bodies into a mineral ash and liquid, and then adding the remains to the sewage system to make their way towards the water processing plants to be recycled. The undertakers claim that the method is cheaper and more environmentally friendly than using polluting crematoria or using acres of land for cemeteries. Apparently the process is already approved for use in Maine, Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, Oregon, and Maryland. We find the idea incredibly disturbing, to say the least. Not to go against our greener sides or anything, but really? The sewer? We c... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3757836 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:47:18 +0100 3757836 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1980618&cid=t_136242_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F11%2F22%2Ftake-the-clean-water-challenge%2F Ever live in a place where you know the water is not safe to drink? Where you even use bottled water to clean your teeth? I have and I’ve got to say it’s not fun. I lived in Saudi Arabia for a year and was reliant on bottled water for drinking, cooking, and yes, cleaning my teeth. But while I found it annoying, at least I did have access to clean water which is more that millions of people around the world have. The World Health Organizations (WHO) says… “…1.1 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water. Unsafe water and inadequate sanitation kills nearly TWO MILLION people each year, mostly children under the age of five.” That’s way too many people without clean drinking water. Want to help out? Take the Clean Water Challenge Quiz… For each correct answer, th... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1980618 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:31:00 +0100 1980618 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=771605&cid=t_136242_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F08%2F01%2Fwhat-if-our-water-made-us-sick%2F Filed under: BlogsHere in North America, clean water is something we most certainly take for granted. We flush it down the toilet and the sink, we throw it out if it is not perfectly fresh. We're afraid of out perfectly clean tap water so we invest in expensive filters or buy our water from the store. And yet so many people out there would do anything for that tap water.Here's a story from Dr. Gupta, CNN's medical correspondent, about a village in China that gets its water supply from the Hengshui River, which happens to be the river that receives heavy metal and mining deposits. On a scale of 1 to 5, 5 being the most toxic--too toxic to safely touch, let alone ingest--the Hengshui rates a staggering 5. Full of known carcinogens like arsenic, lead, zinc and cadmium, the water is slowly kil... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=771605 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 771605