Public health

Scientists: new way to get ‘forever chemicals’ linked to cancer out of our water

Photo: Clarkson University professors Tom Holsen and Selma Mededovic in front of a plasma reactor. Clarkson University They're in the…

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Pain, cancer, death: Michigan families devastated by toxic chemicals in their water

Sandy Wynn-Stelt at home in Belmont. ‘I’m sitting here full of this stuff and not knowing what it’s going to…

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Thousands of lead pipes tainting N.J. water will be replaced

Trenton Water Works employees dig up and replace lead piping after a press event marking the start of the water…

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Japan Wants to Dump Nuclear Plant’s Tainted Water. Fishermen Fear the Worst.

Photo: Tatsuo Niitsuma and his wife, Yoko, in Iwaki, Japan, this month. Ko Sasaki for The New York Times The…

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Uranium-contaminated site collapses into Detroit River

A Detroit property contaminated with uranium and other dangerous chemicals partially collapsed into the Detroit River on Nov. 26, the…

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Environmental Group Says Almost All Kansas Tap Water Is Too Contaminated

Nomin Ujiyediin / Kansas News Service file photo WICHITA, Kansas — The water coming out of your tap might meet…

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Frontline reports Flint water plant foreman warned in 2014: ‘People are gonna die’

The sun rises over the Flint River on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 in Flint. Jake May | MLive.com FLINT, MI…

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Flint Water Crisis Worsens, City Spills 2 Million Gallons of Sewage Into Flint River

The Flint River is shown in downtown Flint April 20, 2016 in Flint, Michigan. Photo: Bill Pugliano (Getty Images) As…

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Flint Schools Overwhelmed by Special Education Needs After Lead Crisis

Parent advocate Maxine Onstott, shown cuddling with her son Maximilliano, 6, said many families are having a hard time getting…

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Prescribing Lithium in the Public Water Supply?

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