The Boncor Blog

When is the last time you were concerned about drinking water that contained a parasite such as cryptosporidium? Probably not in a long time, if ever. Well, residents in Portland, Oregon are finding themselves in this situation for the second time in just a couple of months. This news, according to an online article from [...]

All across America thousands of exhausted men and women have their blood tested for thyroid function each year. Thyroid problems cause a wide spectrum of different problems in the human body both from an over active thyroid and an underactive thyroid. Every time a thyroid disorder arises, the question of “Why?” and “What causes this?” [...]

Recently it came to the attention of residents in a small community in Texas that their water supply was tainted with arsenic. And not just mildly tainted, it had levels of arsenic that exceed the levels set by the Environmental Protection Agency. Residents in Cyndie Park, Texas were unaware of the high levels of arsenic, [...]

E. coli is a word that we often associate with stomach problems – pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea – and for the most part a mild case is exhibited by symptoms that hit rapidly and depart within a short period of time. What Canadian researchers have recently found, however, is that there could be long [...]

It seems simple enough – go to the kitchen faucet and get a glass of water to drink. Clean. Clear. Pure. Or is it? Likely, you are one of 41 million Americans drinking tap water contaminated with unwanted and un-prescribed medications. Living in the United States with advanced sanitation and municipal water systems, we expect [...]