What Is An Ecopreneur?

I am a lucky guy.  In addition to having a wife and  career I love, I have three adult children to be proud of.  And as I watch them develop their life-work I see how the people they have become reflects back on the work I do (Multipure).  I like to use the term...

Bottled Water: thumbs up? or thumbs down?

Bottled water has gotten a lot of bad press lately, but before I join the pack in condemning it outright, let me tell you what I like about bottled water: (1)  It’s great during water emergencies.  Just ask someone who endured the earthquake in Haiti.  In a...

Chlorine: The Double-Edged Sword

Chlorine is an element with the atomic number 17.  It was named after the Greek word “khlorus,” which means greenish-yellow, as it appears in the photo in its gaseous form.  It has both toxic and disinfectant qualities.  For example, German soldiers first...

Dehydration and the Elderly

Unfortunately, not everyone ages as gracefully as the woman doing yoga in this picture!  It’s tough when age takes its toll on joints, muscles, organs and memory.  This year I saw my Mother summon the courage to face that inevitable decline, a woman full of life...

Is There Fukushima in Your Drinking Water?

That depends where you live.  If you lived in Tokyo back in March 2011, yes.  Radioactive cesium and iodine were detected in the tap water at 18 municipal water treatment facilities.  Tokyo residents were told not to feed the tap water to their infants, and you can...