(MedPage Today) -- Louisiana state health officials are warning patients about potential dangers of using tap water for sinus irrigation after two patients died of Naegleria fowleri infection.
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(MedPage Today) -- Louisiana state health officials are warning patients about potential dangers of using tap water for sinus irrigation after two patients died of Naegleria fowleri infection. 3 deaths reported from water amoeba this summerSeattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness Wed, 08/17/2011 - 16:32
EPA to limit rocket fuel chemical in tap waterHeadlines from the Associated Press Wed, 02/02/2011 - 08:07
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency is setting the first drinking water standard for a toxic rocket fuel ingredient linked to thyroid problems in pregnant women and young children, the Obama administration is to announce on Wednesday.... Tap water may be unsafe after fed study sounds alarmNYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News Fri, 01/07/2011 - 19:35
New York may be putting too much fluoride in its drinking water, a new federal review has found - and one councilman hopes that will prompt the city to stop using it altogether. Pol wants fluoride taken out of NY tap waterNYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News Mon, 12/27/2010 - 19:40
Four decades after New York started adding fluoride to its water, a city councilman armed with new research is launching a campaign to stop the practice. EPA chief says agency will deal with tainted waterHeadlines from the Associated Press Wed, 12/22/2010 - 17:37
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it would likely tighten drinking water standards to address potential health risks of a carcinogen recently detected in the tap water of 31 cities across the country.... Tags:
'Erin Brockovich chemical', a likely carcinogen, is found in tap...NYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News Mon, 12/20/2010 - 15:02
A chemical called chromium-6 thats probably carcinogenic has been found in the tap water in 31 out of the 35 American cities tested. Study finds probable carcinogen in 31 U.S. cities' tap waterwashingtonpost.com - Health Mon, 12/20/2010 - 11:53
A new analysis showing the presence of a probable carcinogen in the tap water of 31 cities across the country, including the District and Bethesda, has raised questions about what consumers in those communities can do to reduce their exposure. U.S. water system needs better enforcement, smart investment to ...washingtonpost.com - Health Mon, 06/14/2010 - 22:00
In 1908, Jersey City, N.J., became the first city in the United States to chlorinate its municipal tap water. RediBreeze Oral Irrigator dental water jetI bought an Oral Breeze Redipik oral irrigator a year ago. Previously, I had used Water Pik products for more than 20 years. The failure component in the Water Piks was always the hose, which would become brittle and fatigued and would break, thus...
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