Public health

‘Everything is drying up’: As springs on Hopi land decline, a sacred connection is threatened

Max Taylor, a Hopi Tribe water resources technician, stands near Lemeva Spring on the Hopi Reservation on July 30, 2020.…

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Soil-powered fuel cell promises cheap, sustainable water purification

Soil microbial fuel cells as designed by researchers at the University of Bath. Credit: University of Bath Engineers at the…

4 years ago

Why Fixing the Nation’s Water Crisis and Combating a Pandemic are Linked

Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic requires access to safe, clean water. While some Americans decry their "loss of freedom" by being…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

“Safe” levels of thyroid inhibitor in tap water much lower than thought

Yet another study demonstrating that tap water may be quite unsafe to drink, and that yet another one of EPA/FDA…

4 years ago

10 Shocking Facts On Factory Farms Will Make You Rethink That Burger

Graphic by Hannah Williams In the United States, around 27 billion animals are raised for food every year. These animals…

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The water is contaminated. But California bottled water program isn’t helping this town

A failed 50-year-old well in late May meant boiling water for Earlimart residents. But even as the boil order was…

4 years ago

Why limiting PFAS in drinking water is a challenge in the US

Andrea Amico (center) joined with Michelle Dalton (left) and Alayna Davis to form a community group seeking tests of those…

4 years ago

Study finds pharmaceuticals, other chemicals in remote Minnesota lakes

Photo: A remote lake in Cook County, Minn. A three-year study by the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota Pollution Control…

4 years ago

Costa Rica Decrees a Law that Designates Water as a Basic Human Right

WATER IS AN ESSENTIAL NATURAL RESOURCE FOR ALL LIVING BEINGS In the framework of the World Environment Day, the President…

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