drinking water
PFAS forever chemicals topped new EPA limits. Is yours on our map?
EPA takes on ‘forever chemicals’ in U.S. water The Environmental Protection Agency has established new regulations on “forever chemicals” such ...
Global warming was primary cause of unprecedented Amazon drought, study finds
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Human-induced global warming, and not El Niño, was the primary driver of last year’s severe drought ...
Latest EPA assessment shows almost no improvement in river and stream nitrogen pollution
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The nation’s rivers and streams remain stubbornly polluted with nutrients that contaminate drinking water and fuel ...
NASA wants to go back to the moon, but is it worth it?
What’s happening In the four-year span between 1969 and 1972, 12 American astronauts walked on the moon. No human being, ...
Bottled water contains thousands of nanoplastics, new study shows. How can you avoid them?
Scientists from Columbia University are raising alarm bells about the amount of small flecks of plastic — known as nanoplastics ...
Scientists find about a quarter million invisible nanoplastic particles in a liter of bottled water
The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics, detected and ...
Water company to replace lead, galvanized service lines
Dec. 23—A long-term project to replace lead and galvanized water service lines at Joplin homes will begin next year by ...
Utilities forced to replace lead drinking water pipes under proposed EPA rules
A proposal announced Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency aims to remove all lead drinking water pipes across the country ...
Biden administration proposes biggest changes to lead pipe rules in more than three decades
Most U.S. cities would have to replace lead water pipes within 10 years under strict new rules proposed by the ...
PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are getting into ocean ecosystems, where dolphins, fish and manatees dine – we traced their origins
PFAS, the “forever chemicals” that have been raising health concerns across the country, are not just a problem in drinking ...
