Tagged: Drinking water

Featured image: Public health response to report on potential risk of nitrate from drinking water

Public health response to report on potential risk of nitrate from drinking water - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Sep 03, 2021 •

Dr Tim Chambers and Professor Simon Hales This week a report, co-funded by Fonterra and MBIE, investigated the relative contributions of nitrate in our diet from water and food. The report comes in response to emerging epidemiological evidence observing nitrate in drinking water as a risk factor for colorectal cancer. In separate public statements, the authors … Read More

Featured image: Protecting Fresh Waterways in Aotearoa/NZ: The Strong Public Health Case

Protecting Fresh Waterways in Aotearoa/NZ: The Strong Public Health Case - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Oct 17, 2019 •

Nick Wilson, Leah Grout, Mereana Wilson, Anja Mizdrak, Phil Shoemack, Michael Baker Protecting waterways has the benefits of: (1) protecting water from hazardous microbes; (2) minimising cancer risk and other problems from nitrates in water; (3) avoiding algal blooms that are hazardous to health; (4) protecting mahinga kai uses (cultural importance and food security); (5) facilitating safe recreational water use; … Read More

Featured image: 1080 – ill-informed claims deserve a debunking

1080 – ill-informed claims deserve a debunking - BioBlog

Alison Campbell • Jun 21, 2018 •

Today a science-minded friend posted a screenshot of a post by another individual to the FB group 1080 eyewitness. Because it is a) heavy on the innuendo, b) inaccurate, and c) decidedly unpleasant, I thought it worthy of a bit of additional attention. Let’s look at c) first. The original poster claimed to have written this on the Prime Minister’s … Read More

Featured image: Opinion: Anti-fluoride activist commits “Death by PowerPoint”

Opinion: Anti-fluoride activist commits “Death by PowerPoint” - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Feb 28, 2018 •

We have all sat through boring, and counterproductive, PowerPoint presentations. Boring because the presenter breaks all the rule relevant to the preparation of visual displays. And counterproductive because, in the end, the audience does not remember any of the information the presenter attempts to convey. David JP Phillips gives some relevant advice on PowerPoint preparation in the video … Read More

Featured image: Raw Water? Ew!

Raw Water? Ew! - BioBlog

Alison Campbell • Jan 09, 2018 •

‘Raw water’ – the latest foolish fad to hit people’s screens, pockets, & in some instances I’d guess their toilet paper expenditure as well. I first heard of this particular litre of woo when I read an article in the New York Times with the headline: Unfiltered Fervor: the rush to get off the water grid. Apparently getting ‘off … Read More

Featured image: Science Tank | Fluoride

Science Tank | Fluoride - Guest Work

Guest Author • Jan 08, 2018 •

Conspiratorial people love to claim that the government adds fluoride to water and toothpaste in some dastardly plan to make us all sleepy slaves, helpless to resist their evil bidding. The truth, however, is far less scandalous and far more reassuring – fluoride is your friend, my friend, and geochemistry is how we know this! Teeth are comprised of … Read More

Featured image: Note to the Havelock North Inquiry – Think Big

Note to the Havelock North Inquiry – Think Big - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Sep 26, 2016 •

Prof Alistair Woodward, A/Prof Simon Hales An Independent Inquiry is now investigating the cause of the water-borne outbreak caused by Campylobacter in Havelock North. In this blog we consider the background to this issue and argue the Inquiry must not miss the opportunity to think up-stream, on the scale of water catchments, agricultural economies and climate systems. “Alarming new … Read More