Drought-driven drinking water contamination is disproportionately affecting members of California’s Latino communities, a new study has found. Among the pollutants...
Microplastics found in every human placenta tested in study
Microplastics and other pieces of rubbish in the sand in Lanzarote, Spain. Photograph: Susanne Fritzsche/Alamy Scientists express concern over health impacts,...
1 in 3 children worldwide being poisoned by lead from water, air pollution, UN warns
The file photo shows children play in water pipes at a construction site on the banks of the Yamuna River...
How to strip 99 per cent of BPA from water in 30 minutes
“We’ve solved a billion-dollar research problem,” says Collins. “This treatment can be done by anyone, anywhere, on any quantity of...