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...effective in reducing so-called aesthetic contaminants like chlorine and sediment. Filters made of carbon in solid block form, as opposed to granules, are also highly effective in reducing lead. Systems range from inexpensive pour-through carafes to filters that are mounted on faucets, on countertops or under the sink. Cost...
...force pressurized water across semipermeable membranes. Lead, arsenic and even some pathogens like Giardia are flushed out of the system--along with 50% to 90% of the water. The purified water that's left behind is passed through yet another filter and stored in a pressurized tank. Under-the-sink models may cost...
...whether or not the exam was tomorrow or the paper was due the next week, there was always a deadline or set of deadlines to serve as a source of anxiety. Integral to this sinking feeling was the fear that I would not be able to do it all, hence the feeling that I would sink...
...greatest gift to me, and I believe to each one of us, was the opportunity to realize that I could handle what was thrown in front of me, the realization that each one of us can serve as our own life-pre-servers. While we think we might sink, we have the capability to stay afloat...
...record show that in the matter of human technology vs. the South American fire ant, technology has been its own worst enemy. Brought to the southern U.S. as shipboard stowaways in the 1930s, the fierce-biting ant (which likes to sink its mandibles not only into people and livestock, but also into electrical insulation, sometimes knocking out traffic lights) was officially targeted for eradication following the wartime development of DDT and other superpesticides. After three decades of spraying fire-ant territory with the killer compounds, however, the U.S. government was forced to concede defeat. It turns out the pesticides...