Author: Erin Elizabeth

In June, a report by the East Bay Municipal Utility District, which provides drinking water to 1.4 million people, announced that a cancer-causing compound in the East Bay water supply had reached a near critical level, “with concentrations of the compound higher than they have been in the last 20 years.” 3 The compound at issue is trihalomethanes or THMs. THMs, known to cause cancer in laboratory animals, form when chlorine, used to disinfect, reacts with organic matter in the water.4 Although it’s always in the water, concentrations of THMs have increased sharply in the last few years with the drought...

Five 9th grade girls from Northern Jutland, Denmark, did a science experiment for biology class. The experiment involved growing cress seeds in two separate rooms. The result is a shocking lesson in the dangers of radiation from common electronic devices. Their method went like this— 400 cress seeds were divided between 12 trays. The trays were divided in half and six were placed in one room, and six placed in a separate room. The rooms were kept at the same temperature, and all the trays received the same amount of water and sunlight for 12 days. RELATED ARTICLES: Bluetooth...