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clean water stories: 4 news summaries

Image Rehab: Appendix Is Good for Something After All

Long-neglected organ is far from useless, researchers say

Aug 24, 09 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The human appendix has been assumed to be useless since Charles Darwin first suggested it was a vestigial organ—an evolutionary remnant from the time when our predecessors ate leaves and other now-indigestible foods. But new research suggests the organ had a much more vital function, LiveScience reports. It stored... More »

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immune system • Charles Darwin • sanitation • immunity • diarrhea • clean water • appendix

Congress Mulls Tighter Offshore Drilling Rules

Natural-gas firms currently exempt from clean-water laws

May 27, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bill pushed by Dick Cheney 4 years ago freed natural-gas drillers from clean-water laws, but pollution concerns are driving congressional Democrats to rethink the matter, ProPublica reports. They’ve drafted legislation that would end the natural-gas exemption and require drillers to reveal the chemicals they use in their work,... More »

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Congress • Dick Cheney • Henry Waxman • legislation • congressional Democrats • natural gas • clean water • drilling • American Petroleum Institute

 Timberlake to Scale 
 Kilimanjaro for Charity 

Star climbing African mountain to raise awareness of global water crisis

Apr 15, 09 5:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Justin Timberlake is taking on Mount Kilimanjaro in an effort to raise awareness about the world water crisis, Access Hollywood reports. The star—who has been training four times a week to boost his lung capacity for the week-long climb—will be joined by Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco and Ethiopian-born... More »

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Tanzania • charity • Justin Timberlake • fundraiser • mountain • clean water

GLOSSIES

 5 Drought-Stopping Inventions 

Creating more water is the answer with 1.8B facing extreme shortage by 2025

Dec 14, 08 6:08 PM CST
(Newser) - One UN study estimates 1.8 billion people will face extreme water shortage by 2025; the US government projects 36 states could face a similar fate by 2013. Doug Cantor, in Esquire, examines potential shortage solutions:
  • PlayPump: A pump attached to a children’s merry-go-round extracts water from
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conservation • list • sanitation • water supply • windmill • clean water • playpump

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