Tag: cancer
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DoD admits water at U.S. military bases contains cancer-causing chemicals
U.S. Army photo If you live on a military base and only drink bottled water, you’ve probably made a good call. A recently released report from the Department of Defense shows that a number of military installations are plagued with unsafe drinking water that can cause illness and fertility issues — and the government tried…
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Cancer-Causing Chemical Found in Some Santa Rosa Drinking Water
Some drinking water in Santa Rosa remains undrinkable months after the North Bay fires, and pressure is mounting on the city’s water department to locate and control the cause. “The city is very interested to get people back and rebuilt into their homes, of course, as soon as possible,” says Bennett Horenstein, the City of…
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ADEM brought into Fruithurst cancer investigation – Alabama
FRUITHURST, Ala. (WIAT) — The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) is now involved in the cancer cluster investigation going on in Fruithurst, Alabama. After eight people, including four children were diagnosed with similar cancers in the small community of Fruithurst, Christy Hiett, a local elementary school principal, started looking for the cause. It led…
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New data shows NYC tap water is chock-full of toxic chemicals
Photograph: Courtesy CC/Wikimedia Commons/ Darwin Bell New York City praises the quality of its tap water as "world-renowned," but a new trove of data tells a bit of a different story. Earlier this week, nonprofit organization Environmental Working Group released a database detailing the toxic chemicals that are present in drinking water systems across the…
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Iowa’s water quality problems: What you need to know
In early 2018 the Iowa Legislature took a step in addressing Iowa’s water quality with a plan to reduce nitrogen and phosphorous levels by 45 percent. Kelsey Kremer/The Register It seems like Iowans have feuded over water quality since farmers began draining the swampy prairie more than a century ago to turn it into some…
