American scientists who shot nearly 1,000 sperm whales with tissue-sampling darts discovered stunningly high levels of toxic and heavy metals in the animals that they say could affect the health of both ocean life and the millions who eat seafood.

 In December of 2006 it was announced that the Yangtze River dolphin, commonly known as the baiji, had succumbed to extinction. The dolphin had survived on earth for 20 million years, but the species couldn't survive the combined onslaught of pollution, habitat loss, boat traffic, entanglement in fishing hooks, death from illegal electric fishing, and the construction of several massive dams. Now, another flagship species of the Yangtze River appears to have vanished. 

Research by two scientists suggests and easier and cheaper way of desalination of seawater.

Report connects water scarcity and business

Climate Change and Availability of Water?
Dateline Toronto, October 14, 2009

Creating Our Paradise in its weekly series of educational webinars recently focused on the historical, cultural and modern day use of water (http://www.creatingourparadise.org/events/webinars/culture-and-use-water...).The topic examined how water was and still is used in our lives and what impact derives from this usage.  

The protective effect could be the result of years of drinking this water. Drinking water which contains the element lithium may reduce the risk of suicide, a Japanese study suggests.

Researchers examined levels of lithium in drinking water and suicide rates in the prefecture of Oita, which has a population of more than one million. The suicide rate was significantly lower in those areas with the highest levels of the element, they wrote in the British Journal of Psychiatry.

High doses of lithium are already used to treat serious mood disorders.

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