EPISODE · Nov 19, 2018 · 6 MIN
This Week in Water for November 18, 2018
from H2ORadio · host H2ORadio
A Rainforest Vine May Stop a Deadly Cancer. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. The weed killer atrazine is in the tap water of almost 30 million Americans in 28 states. There are low-cost—or no-cost—methods that could eliminate 20 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Cape Town, South Africa, is being advised to get rid of some trees in order to increase its water supply. When this desert gets rain it devastates a form of life that's lived there for millennia. A plant that only grows in jungles of the Congo could hold the key to combating one of the most deadly forms of cancer.
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A Rainforest Vine May Stop a Deadly Cancer. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. The weed killer atrazine is in the tap water of almost 30 million Americans in 28 states. There are low-cost—or no-cost—methods that could eliminate 20 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Cape Town, South Africa, is being advised to get rid of some trees in order to increase its water supply. When this desert gets rain it devastates a form of life that's lived there for millennia. A plant that only grows in jungles of the Congo could hold the key to combating one of the most deadly forms of cancer.
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This Week in Water for November 18, 2018
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