Water nats its something its something you drink every day but do you know what is in your water . Tonight, the alarming results of a study that found a cancercausing chemical all 50 states. Maybe you have heard of it before, hexa chromium. It was the subject of erin brockovich. Danielle miller joins us live with what the city is saying about it. Reporter john and kari, scary stuff to hear knowing all of the bad things that we have about chromium 6 but we spoke he tells us this Drinking Water is tested thousands of times a day totaling five million times a year. He says this recent study is misleading. A recent study claiming the average level of chromium 6 in the city of phoenix Drinking Water supply is one of the at 8453 parts per million. Studies have shown chromium 6 causes lung cancer, reproductive problems, lung damage, and harm. It is coming out in the ground water. Reporter the waterselveses director with the city of phoenix says People Living in the valley drinking the water f
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Actually Pay Attention to the thoughts that are making you feel so stressed. So, the way that we think affects how we feel, and you might want to pause and go somewhere where you have some privacy, take a few minutes, and write down your thoughts. So write down, im not gonna do well on this test, i might fail, i havent studied hard enough whatever those thoughts are that are making you stressed. Then, try to think positively and think confidently. So what you tell yourself really matters. So lets go back to that stress thought, i cant do this. What can you say instead . So revise that thought to, im gonna do well if i try hard enough, or, i can do this i just need to focus. Things that make you feel more confident will help reduce that stress. So now ive made myself feel more confident. Any other tips you can give me . Yes, a great inthemoment tool for reducing your stress is to focus on your breathing. You can do that in a lot of different ways, but one tool that i find to be really e
I had sunglasses and a hat on should have put on sunscreen when i was outside at 8 00 in the morning until 7 00 at night. You have a little sunburn. Now you can have a couple more days to enjoy it but things are going to change. We have a storm coming in later this week, lets enjoy the good stuff. It is still here for a couple more days 65 the high in reno sparks later today well above average for this time of year mix of sun and clouds and there is haze in the valley locations weve been watching the air quality as a result of that haze and quiet weather in the wintertime often leads to that concern if you are sensitive to some of those air pollutant, something youll want too kind in mind. Light winds, the air quality has been a concern at 4 a. M. It was unhealthy for sensitive burn norestrictions there only a couple more days, when the winds pick up by wednesday with the arrival of the winter storm that will help the air quality by taking the smog out of the valleys. 34, a little bit
Precocious, brilliant little child. For all the parent hot have said, i would have something, i would have just known. I know. Before columbine lefthand side, i would have been one of those parents. And i guess thats why certainly why im here talking to you today. Reporter she has written a book called a mothers reckoning. In it she says all the lessons of her regret which began on the day she woke up an ordinary wife and mother, fast forward 24 hours and i was the mother of a hatecrazed gunman. She remembers the shocking prayer she found herself praying after learning her son might be one of the columbine shooters and the shooting was still going on. The police were there. The helicopters were going over. And i remember thinking, if this is true, if dylan is really hurting people, he has somehow he has to be stopped. And then at that moment i prayed that he would die. That god stopped this. Just make it stop. Dont let him hurt anybody. Reporter but by the end of the day, her son and h