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Food allergies are on the rise, affecting 15 million Americans, pesticides and tap water could be partially to blame. High levels of dichlorophenols, a chemical used in pesticides and to chlorinate water, when found in the human body, are associated with food allergies. An increase in food allergy of 18% was seen between 1997 and 2007. The most common food allergens are milk, eggs, peanuts, wheat, tree nuts, soy, fish, and shellfish, and symptoms can range from a mild rash to a life-threatening reaction known as anaphylaxis.
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You may not know it, but you’re probably drinking recycled water right now. But water from "Fracking?" The process uses as much water as the entire cities of Chicago or Houston, but can it be made safe to drink?

It takes between 70 and 140 BILLION gallons of water to frack 35,000 wells a year at the industry’s current pace.

While the recycled water can’t be cleaned up enough for drinking or growing crops, it can be cleaned of chemicals an rock debris and used to frack additional wells, which could sharply cut the costs that energy companies face securing and disposing of the water. read more

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Fish are taking antidepressants–at least they’re absorbing them in the water they’re swimming in. It turns out that fish exhibit abnormal behavior and lower levels of anxiety when exposed to Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs), which are common drugs used to treat depression. This has implications not only for the environment but for communities planning to begin wastewater reuse programs.
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We worry about fighting off an alien invasion in the future, but the biggest invasion of new creatures may be right here on Earth RIGHT NOW. We’ve warned you before that as the world heats up and glaciers melt, dangerous microbes may return to life. Russian scientists agree and want to investigate the gigantic Lake Vostok in Antarctica that is now hidden under over two miles of ice. The creatures in that lake have been locked away in the dark and cold for 20 million years.
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