Don't throw away that old filter! RECYCLE.

Brita and Preserve teamed up to create a take-back recycling program for Brita pitcher filter cartridges. You can drop off filters at number of participating locations, or mail them in. Unfortunately, since the faucet mount filters are made from a different type of plastic from the pitcher filters, they are not part of the program at this time. However, Brita and Preserve are continuing to explore options to recycle faucet mount filters and hope to have a solution in the near future.

Preserve is a U.S. company manufacturing household products from recycled plastic, will recycle 100% of the plastic casing. And the filter material will be regenerated or converted to energy.

For more information check out takebackthefilter.org/

Right Time for Right Whales

Photo courtesy of NOAA

Right Time for Right Whale Off Florida's Northeastern Coast

There are only about 300 northern right whales left in the world! The right whale was hunted to near-extinction. In the last century, when whale products like baleen and blubber were in demand, right whales were a favorite. Hunters named them the right whale; simply because it was the "right" whale to hunt. Right whales move slowly and travel close to shore. When they die, their high blubber content makes them float. An international accord stopped the hunting of right whales in 1935. Scientists believe the right whale population slowly recovered after that, and has been after being placed on the Endangered Species List in 1973. These days, ship strikes are a major problem for the whales. Many right whales die from ship strikes, which account for 30% to 50% of right whale deaths. Considering their endangered population, this percentage is staggering.

You are... what you eat.

Join the Food & Water Watch! Stop the Franken Fish!

Genetically Engineered Salmon

If approved by the FDA, GE Salmon would be the first transgenic species allowed into our food supply. At least 30 House members and 14 senators have written the Obama administration either expressing serious concerns about the manner in which the FDA conducted its review of Aquabounty’s GE salmon, or calling for the outright prohibition of its approval for human consumption. So why isn’t the FDA listening?
Below the Surface: The Dangers of Genetically Engineered Salmon
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www.foodandwaterwatch.org

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Bubble Ring at Main Ginnie

Happy New Year!

New Year = New Posts 

Underwater Thoughts continues into new the year with new posts. Expect new photos & short films featuring new locations around the state of Florida.  For now enjoy this potential groundbreaking research into water's strange ways, a preposterous idea that water has memory.

"Water -- just a liquid or much more? Many researchers are convinced that water is capable of "memory" by storing information and retrieving it. The possible applications are innumerable: limitless retention and storage capacity and the key to discovering the origins of life on our planet. Research into water is just beginning."