Closing the Water Gap
@ctwatergap
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A research group at @GSPIA led by Dr Marcela Gonzalez Rivas. Our research focuses on water access, equity and affordability.
Pittsburgh, PA.
Joined September 2020
Any particular reason why “association or affiliation w/ any nation or foreign state” is not bold and underlined like everything before it? @Pittsburgh @Allegheny_Co
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Lack of access to water could affect mental health in Mexico. A recent analysis has revealed a worrying relationship between food and water insecurity and mental health. https://t.co/QA0c5FM2in
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♻️ Valuing water means wasting less. It takes 7,500 litres of water to make one pair of jeans! 👖 This #ZeroWasteDay, rethink what you buy, use, and toss. 💧 What changes are you making to reduce waste and protect our planet’s precious water resources? #WaterAction #Goal6
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Stop the rot: end South Africa’s water pollution crisis. Toxic industrial waste, unchecked mining pollution, untreated sewage released into our rivers and lakes. https://t.co/fhKO3MxX3X
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#PFAS #foreverchemicals Found in Nearly Half of Americans' Drinking Water: https://t.co/gX4ov3d9PG
@Taftlaw @YaleSPH @Lesscancer @DarkWatersMovie #ExposureBook @ewg @sciam
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New data released by the EPA show that nearly half of people in the U.S. have drinking water contaminated by toxic “forever chemicals,” or PFAS
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US Supreme Court: Drink More Shit-Water San Francisco is dumping human sewage into the Pacific Ocean, and that’s just fine. https://t.co/XMix4nNWTc
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Truly terrifying. Trump allies begin attack on EPA and rules protecting US drinking water | Pollution | The Guardian
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With about to grab reins of US, Republicans are starting an assault on the Environmental Protection Agency
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Allegheny County Board of Health happening now. 16 speakers demanding a countywide ban on fracking. 16 additional written comments all demanding the same thing. It’s past time @HealthAllegheny takes action. People are getting sick and dying.
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Since 1978, the world has observed the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People every November 29th. This year, as Palestinians in Gaza continue to endure 14 months of US-backed Israeli genocide, standing in international solidarity with Palestinians is more
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Sí, sí, sé que el reemplazo de Trump muy probablemente va a ser aún peor. Pero que este hombre hipócrita y convenenciero se largue cuanto antes. https://t.co/hIDyQLr3Rz
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Thank you @RepSummerLee for speaking out against the harms of the #fracking industry in SWPA TONIGHT! @412Justice
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.@SecBlinken I wanted you to see what your lies to Congress led to. Ignore it or hide it like you have been, but history won't forget what you did. You could have stopped the starvation by telling us the truth. You decided to lie about it.
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HEADS UP: Today is the FIFTH STRAIGHT DAY that H2S (that rotten 🍳 odor) levels have exceeded the PA 24–hr avg standard. Another reason we need a fully funded air quality program. Make complaints to your county council rep today and every day.
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🇨🇺 Today, we published a letter in @nytimes to @JoeBiden, demanding he overturn @realDonaldTrump's harsh Cuba policy during his final 90 days in office while #Cuba is simultaneously experiencing a severe energy crisis & a hurricane. #LetCubaLive SIGN: https://t.co/SfffyRImJ9
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Forcibly removing hundreds of thousands of people from Northern Gaza under threat of execution is textbook ethnic cleansing. There is no other way to describe it.
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The way the Biden administration is forcibly starving Cubans, and now shutting off the power - creating major threats to human life - is a crime against humanity. There's no other way to describe it. The sanctions are abhorrent and unjustified and must be ended immediately.
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