EPA Water Video Contest - PSA

This 80's inspired PSA has been made for the Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Video Contest 2009. We tried keeping it simple and to the point; hope you like it!


This video PSA brings to light the need to reduce our use of household chemicals - like laundry detergents, all purpose cleaners, varnishes, dishwashing liquids, etc.

Many of the chemicals that we commonly use around the home are toxic. These chemicals can enter nearby water sources, causing surface and groundwater pollution.

These chemicals can render these water sources unfit for both man and wildlife. Several of these 'harmless' household chemicals contain environmental estrogens which increase significantly, as proved by many studies, a women's chances of getting breast cancer.

So What Can You Do?

1) Select less toxic alternatives. Use non-toxic substitutes wherever possible.
2) Buy chemicals only in the amount you expect to use, and apply them only as directed. More is not better.
3) Take unwanted household chemicals to hazardous waste collection centers; do not pour them down the drain. 4) Pouring chemicals down the drain may disrupt your septic system or else contaminate treatment plant sludge.
5) Never pour unwanted chemicals on the ground. Soil cannot purify most chemicals, and they may eventually contaminate runoff.
6) Use low-phosphate or phosphate-free detergents.
7) Use water-based products whenever possible.
8) Leftover household pesticide? Do not indiscriminately spray pesticides, either indoors or outdoors, where a pest problem has not been identified.
9) Dispose of excess pesticides at hazardous waste collection centers.

Source - http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/dosdont.html

Learn More About Our Water Resources at -
http://www.epa.gov/owow

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Earth Day
• Household Chemicals
• Water Pollution
• EPA
• Video Contest
• Cornel University
• Laundry Detergent
• PSA
• Go
• Green
• Sustainable

[politicalt00ns]

your video implies laundry soap causes breast cancer... I don't think it's going to fly

[VarunandAmanda]

We aren't implying that using laundry detergent causes breast cancer. Some household chemicals do contain environmental estrogens which increase significantly, as proved by many studies, a women's chances of getting breast cancer.

[pamelasingh2]

This is very interesting and well done! I like it!!