contaminants

Is Our Water Supply Disrupting the Human Endocrine System?

Credit: Pixabay. Exposure to emerging contaminants, even at extremely low doses, can cause adverse health effects for humans, including endocrine…

7 years ago

Tucson Water mistakenly sent contaminated water to thousands of residents

Photo: Well water injected with hydrogen peroxide passes through UV/AOP Reactors at Tucson Water’s Advanced Oxidation Process Water Treatment facility…

8 years ago

California’s Looming Water Pollution Problem, Produced Water

Tom Frantz on his almond grove in Shafter, California. (Photo: Jonas Jungblut) In California's Central Valley, the oil industry has…

8 years ago

Water-Filter Pitchers Not Equally Effective at Removing Microcystins

Photo: Dr. Chaffin in the lab. (Credit: Ohio Sea Grant, Stone Laboratory, https://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/news/2018/7a1my/water-quality-safe.) Harmful algal blooms (HABs) and the toxins…

8 years ago

Engineered sand zaps storm water pollutants

Reclaimed storm water may provide a local source of drinking water for parched communities. (MPCA Photos, via Flickr) UC Berkeley…

8 years ago