Alkaline water is having its day in the sun. But is it really a good way to promote alkalinity? Frankly, some hip health products are more about marketing than science. When you understand how alkalinity occurs in the body, you’ll be able to separate fact from fiction — and be healthier in the process. Let’s […]
North Carolina: How the Corporations Ruined Your drinking Water.
This post comes from Analies Dyjak, M.A. | Head of Policy at Hydroviv, our supplier of PFAs filter systems. North Carolina has been at the heart of a largely under-reported drinking water crisis. Thousands of North Carolinians have been exposed to unsafe levels of an unregulated contaminant called Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, PFAS, or “forever chemicals.” […]
Pesticides: the Narrative of Deception
The volume of pesticide use and exposure is occurring on a scale that is without precedent and world-historical in nature. Agrichemicals are now pervasive as they cycle through bodies and environments. The herbicide glyphosate has been a major factor in driving this increase in use. These statements appear in a 2021 paper ‘Growing Agrichemical Ubiquity: […]
What Are Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)? And why do you need to know?
Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) have received a ton of media attention in the past few years. PFAS are a category of toxic contaminants that have invaded public and private drinking water systems across the entire country. This article discusses what PFAS actually are, where they come from, their health effects, and if they are regulated […]
How Old is the Water in your body? Very, very old!
What if I told you that 70% of YOU: that is, the water that makes up ‘YOU”, is older than the earth itself? That ALL water on Earth is older than the planet? How life arose uniquely in our solar system on Earth depends on our understanding of the history of water in the solar […]