Photo: iStock/Charlie Bishop Scientists have known for decades that drinking water contaminated by fertilizer nitrates can pose a threat to...
11-Year-Old Just Developed New Sensor to Detect Lead in Tap Water
Photograph courtesy of 3M Proving kids are awesome. She was just named “America’s Next Top Scientist.” The water crisis in...
Puerto Ricans given drinking water from a hazardous-waste site
Photo: Puerto Ricans given water from hazardous site. Dorado, Puerto Rico (CNN) Jose Luis Rodriguez waited in line Friday to...
Judge throws out industrial wells permits scientists said would harm public waters
A Dane County judge has thrown out eight high-capacity well permits the state granted to businesses despite warnings from its...
Easy Fix: How to Stop Poisoning Fish in the Gulf of Mexico
Saturated buffer along unnamed tributary to the Skunk River, Iowa. Photo by Kent Heikens USDA, Agricultural Research Service. Fertilizer used...