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Agricultural Food Exports Use a Lot of Water
Posted on 26 May 2012 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

When examining the issue of water shortages and water usage, most of the emphasis is on domestic utilization. Rarely is the issue posed in terms of the impact of trade on water usage. However, such an analysis poses an alternative, and interesting, methodology... Read More

Tags: exports , Thomas Clarke , water tables , food shortages , water access , drinking water , Water Supply , water stress , water shortages , water resources , water aquifer , droughts

Silver nanoparticles are transformed by sewage treatment
Posted on 18 Dec 2010 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

Prior posts have noted a number of issues related to nanoparticles. Silver nanoparticles are used in hundreds of consumer products, including food storage containers, clothing, computer keyboards, cosmetics, pillows, cell phones, and medical appliances... Read More

Tags: nanoparticles , conversion , toxicity , water tables , silver sulfide , Water Supply , sewage , toxic torts , bioavailability , transformation , treatment , silver , reactivity , toxicology , toxic , solubility , Clean Water Act , sulfur , clean water

California sets forth indicators of disproportionate impacts of climate change on environmental justice communities
Posted on 5 Jan 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

To assist Cal-EPA with the examination of potential environmental justice concerns associated with climate change, Cal-EPA requested the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) [best known for its role in setting drinking water related... Read More

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Agricultural Food Exports Use a Lot of Water
Posted on 26 May 2012 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

When examining the issue of water shortages and water usage, most of the emphasis is on domestic utilization. Rarely is the issue posed in terms of the impact of trade on water usage. However, such an analysis poses an alternative, and interesting, methodology... Read More

Tags: exports , Thomas Clarke , water tables , food shortages , water access , drinking water , Water Supply , water stress , water shortages , water resources , water aquifer , droughts

Satellite measurements show huge drop in groundwater aquifers in California's Central Valley
Posted on 22 Apr 2010 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

By Thomas H. Clarke, Jr. For the last three years, California has been experiencing a major drought; only this season has the rainfall been "normal", probably due to El Nino. Yet, during the last six years, even before the onset of the drought... Read More

Tags: agriculture , water tables , drought , irrigation , aquifers , California , El Nino , groundwater , Central Valley