As Newark Deals With Water Crisis, Another Look at Lead Levels in Chicago

5 years ago

Elevated lead levels in Flint, Michigan, and Newark, New Jersey, have made national news, causing growing concern over water safety…

No Safe Drinking Water On Reservation Leaves Thousands Improvising

5 years ago

Photo: The emergency water distribution center on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation serves as many as 900 people a day.…

Study: People Who Only Drink Bottled Water Ingest 90,000 Microplastic Particles Per Year

5 years ago

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) – Studies show humans consume tens of thousands of tiny, little pieces of plastic each year known…

Extreme water stress affects a quarter of the world’s population, say experts

5 years ago

17 countries including India, home to 1.3 billion people, are identified as having ‘extremely high’ water stress. Photograph: Pratik Chorge/Hindustan…

Ancient, near-indestructible ‘water bears’ have crash landed on the moon

5 years ago

A 3D-rendered illustration of a tardigrade a.k.a. water bear a.k.a. moss piglet. (3Dstock/Shutterstock) Microscopic tardigrades, Earth's most resilient species, were…

Chicago water pollution may be keeping invasive silver carp out of Great Lakes, study says

5 years ago

Photo: Great Lakes. Credit: CC0 Public Domain Invasive silver carp have been moving north toward the Great Lakes since their…

Water Urbanism

5 years ago

The Urban Design Program at Columbia is investigating climate resilience at multiple scales and collaborating with partners in institutions around…

Lead crisis in Newark leads to distribution of bottled water…

5 years ago

...after filters fail to safeguard homes with old pipes Responding to reports that filters are not protecting residents from elevated…

Hawaiian Sunscreen: New Health Alert, Law and Suggestions

5 years ago

Researchers announced today that chemical sunscreens may be far more dangerous than previously revealed, and that children may be even…