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Aug

Plants That Live Off Little Water

Jacob Gaffney  in Health, Food, Living, News , , ,

InterWined likes to follow economic and environmental issues as well as liquid news, so it is interesting when topics emerge that deal with these subjects combined, especially when it comes to trying to feed the world through improving agriculture.
See, a large part of the global food crisis is the inefficiency of current irrigation methods.
More irrigated […]

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15

Jul

Water Down the Drain

Jacob Gaffney  in Health, Living

In a survey on showering habits of western Europeans, the British are the most water wasteful and care the least about any negative environmental effects from their shower gel, shampoos and soap usage.
And in particular, the women in Britain are especially guilty of wasting shower water and not caring about contaminants, says the report for […]

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22

Jun

Plants without Water?

Jacob Gaffney  in News , , , , , , , ,

InterWined.com closely follows the impact on global warming on the wine industry.
We’ve posted many times on subjects related to global warming and climate change, and even commented at Spittoon.biz about the impact world warming may have on other agricultural products.
Another issue closely tied to this is the ‘desertification’ of the world’s agricultural sectors. As the […]

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4

Jun

Pure Drinking Water

Jacob Gaffney  in Health , , , ,

A genetic tool used by medical researchers may also be used in a novel approach to remove harmful microbes and viruses from drinking water.
In a series of proof-of-concept experiments, Duke University engineers demonstrated that short strands of genetic material could successfully target a matching portion of a gene in a common fungus found in water […]

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23

May

Fruit Juice for the Little Ones

Jacob Gaffney  in Health, Living , , , , , ,

Pure fruit juice consumption is not related to overweight in children, according to the authors of “A Review of the Relationship Between 100% Fruit Juice Consumption and Weight in Children and Adolescents” in the May/June issue of the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (AJLM), published by SAGE.
The statistics about overweight children are alarming. Over the […]

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20

May

Wine Grape Irrigation is a Drip

Jacob Gaffney  in Health, Living , , ,

InterWined.com contains all you never wanted to know about recent developments in drip irrigation for vineyards located in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Enjoy:
The inland areas of the Pacific Northwest, where rainfall averages only 4 to 12 inches per year, present growing challenges for vineyard owners and wine grape producers. The arid conditions […]

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15

May

Too Much Water for Children

Jacob Gaffney  in Health, Living , ,

It’s a recurrent summer-time scenario in the pediatric emergency room and doctors from Johns Hopkins Children’s are sounding the alarm on it: An otherwise healthy infant is brought in by panicked parents after suffering a seizure, which turns out to be caused by drinking too much water.
Pediatricians at Hopkins Children’s see at least […]

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15

Apr

How much do you spend on bottled water?

Jacob Gaffney  in Health, Living , , , ,

If you buy certain brands of water thinking that it is cleaner or safer, experts say, you may as well be pouring money down the drain. InterWined’s thinking Coca-Cola’s Dasani and Pepsi’s Aquafina fit into this category.
“There is no guarantee that bottled water is any better than tap water. Twenty-five percent of bottled water is […]

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2

Apr

Putting the Bottle on Water

Jacob Gaffney  in Health, Living , , ,

Water is, to many, a popular alternative to wine.
But recent research has found that most supposed benefits to drinking water are not backed by solid evidence. Does this mean that there are no benefits to drinking water? InterWined.com says no; but it does show that science must be careful to recommend behaviour without facts, by […]

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