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Flint Water Crisis

As bad as things are in Flint, Michigan – and they are REALLY BAD – in the past couple of…

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Arizonians’ Thyroid Problems May Be Linked To Perchlorate In Drinking Water

Perchlorate contamination of drinking water may be the source of thyroid problems among Arizona residents. Arizona has more perchlorate contamination…

8 years ago

USA water is overly medicated—these scientists want to change that

Photo: The Trout Run Sewage Treatment Plant in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Montgomery County Planning Commission / Flickr Sylvia Lee, PhD,…

8 years ago

Lawsuits allege pollution from landfill, drinking water led to colon cancer

Scenes from Tuskegee, Ala. where some residents believe their drinking water is making them sick. (File, Kelly Kazek/kkazek@al.com) Three Alabama…

8 years ago

Coke and Pepsi, gardening together in Mexico’s mountains to preserve urban water

The Nature Conservancy hopes to plant perhaps 100,000 native agave and pine trees in the forests around Monterrey, Mexico’s third-largest…

8 years ago