contamination

Getting to clean water: Complex problem, no easy solutions

photo: Friends of the Mississippi River executive director Whitney Clark pours water from the Mississippi River into a tube used…

7 years ago

New Mexico communities struggle to deliver water free of uranium

SANTA CRUZ — Eloy Jacquez lives in the house his parents built on Los Lujans Road in 1948. There was…

7 years ago

Septic systems are a major source of emerging contaminants in drinking water

Credit: Silent Spring Institute A new analysis shows that septic systems in the United States routinely discharge pharmaceuticals, consumer product…

7 years ago

America’s Tap Water: Too Much Contamination, Not Enough Reporting

If you live in the United States, there is a nearly one-in-four chance your tap water is either unsafe to…

7 years ago

Radioactive Waste Still Flooding Columbia River, EPA Says

Columbia River in Hanford Reach National Monument, Washington. (Photo via Department of Energy) Kennewick, Wash. (CN) Groundwater contaminated with radioactive…

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