Public health

APA* Policy Guide on Water

Updated version adopted by Chapter Delegate Assembly, April 2, 2016. Updated version ratified by APA Board of Directors, July 15,…

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…

7 years ago

The Annual Beach Report Card 2017 Release

Much-needed winter storms may have relieved California’s historic drought, but all that rain came at some cost – poor beach…

7 years ago

PFCs Found To Contaminate Water Supplies For 15 Million People

A new study highlights the scope of drinking water contamination by perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) in the U.S. The study released…

7 years ago

Mapping a Water Contamination Crisis

PFCs Pollute Tap Water for 15 Million People, Dozens of Industrial Sites The known extent of the contamination of U.S.…

7 years ago

What does the ocean have to do with human health?

Our ocean and coasts affect us all! Our ocean and coasts affect us all—even those of us who don't live…

7 years ago

Drinking Nuclear Waste in Albuquerque: They hope you’ll stay silent

Sandia National Laboratory (SNL) and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) are trying to pull off what some people would…

7 years ago

Coal Ash Pollution Threatens Groundwater At Western Kentucky Power Plant

The plume of polluted water was black. In the satellite images, it snaked from the coal ash landfill at the…

7 years ago

AIF H2O coalition: Florida leaders embracing water policy bill

Associated Industries of Florida’s affiliated H2O Coalition reaffirmed its support Thursday of a new comprehensive water policy bill that would…

7 years ago

Editorial: Iowa’s filthy waterways are a disgrace

Beach-goers enjoy the sun at Lake Macbride on Thursday. Algae and E. coli levels have been a statewide concern this…

7 years ago