drinking water

Report Spotlights Nitrate Contamination in Drinking Water Across the USA

Photo: iStock/Charlie Bishop Scientists have known for decades that drinking water contaminated by fertilizer nitrates can pose a threat to…

7 years ago

11-Year-Old Just Developed New Sensor to Detect Lead in Tap Water

Photograph courtesy of 3M Proving kids are awesome. She was just named "America's Next Top Scientist." The water crisis in…

7 years ago

Puerto Ricans given drinking water from a hazardous-waste site

Photo: Puerto Ricans given water from hazardous site. Dorado, Puerto Rico (CNN) Jose Luis Rodriguez waited in line Friday to…

7 years ago

Judge throws out industrial wells permits scientists said would harm public waters

A Dane County judge has thrown out eight high-capacity well permits the state granted to businesses despite warnings from its…

7 years ago

Easy Fix: How to Stop Poisoning Fish in the Gulf of Mexico

Saturated buffer along unnamed tributary to the Skunk River, Iowa. Photo by Kent Heikens USDA, Agricultural Research Service. Fertilizer used…

7 years ago