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Water Woes

From the Show: Talk Healthy Today
Summary: What’s really in the water coming out of your tap?
Air Date: 8/2/16
Duration: 27
Guest Bio: Andria Ventura, Toxics Program Manager for Clean Water Action
Andria-VenturaAndria Ventura left a 13-year career in publishing in 1995 to work on a wide array of environmental issues for the New Jersey Environmental Federation, Clean Water Action's New Jersey chapter. Andria joined the California staff in May 2003, after a two-year hiatus in Hawaii working at the Oceanic Institute and volunteering her personal time at the Waikiki Zoo in the elephant section. As the Toxics Program manager Andria focuses on drinking water standards, cleanup of polluted surface waters, as well as chemical policy reform to stop the use of toxic chemicals in products and industrial processes as a way to keep them out of our water in the first place.

About Clean Water Action: Since their founding during the campaign to pass the landmark Clean Water Act in 1972, Clean Water Action has worked to win strong health and environmental protections by bringing issue expertise, solution-oriented thinking and people power to the table. They work across the country to lobby and educate for clean water and a safer environment.
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Water Woes
It’s an ongoing mantra of health advocates everywhere: drink more water!

After all, drinking an adequate amount of water, at least half of your body weight in ounces every day, helps you maintain a healthy weight, flushes toxins and waste out of your body, aids with digestion and the absorption of nutrients, and keeps your cells hydrated.

But, what’s really in the water coming out of your tap? Environmental toxics expert Andria Ventura from Clean Water Action joins Dr. Jeff for a lively discussion of how the water you drink is regulated and why current laws may not be enough to keep you safe.