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  • Fraudulence in Flint: How Suspect Science Helped Declare the Water Crisis Over

    Fraudulence in Flint: How Suspect Science Helped Declare the Water Crisis Over

    Downtown Flint, Mich. (U.S. Department of Agriculture) Nakiya Wakes sat across from me in a Flint, Mich., coffee shop on one of those cloudy, dreary days symbolic of the reeling Rust Belt city. It was March 2017, nearly two years after Wakes had the first miscarriage. After losing her first baby, she learned there was…

  • DoD admits water at U.S. military bases contains cancer-causing chemicals

    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…

  • EPA grapples with potential health threat in drinking water

    EPA grapples with potential health threat in drinking water

    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt is starting to grapple with a class of chemicals used in manufacturing that has been found in drinking water in recent years. Pruitt convened a summit this week with state officials, industry representatives, environmental advocates and others to discuss the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in…

  • Flint Activist LeeAnne Walters Wins Major Environmental Prize

    Flint Activist LeeAnne Walters Wins Major Environmental Prize

    LeeAnne Walters, a recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize, was key in exposing the crisis of lead-laced water in Flint, Mich. A Flint activist who worked to expose the Michigan city’s lead crisis is being hailed as an environmental hero. She’s one of the winners of the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize. The honor, announced on…

  • Plastic debris found in tap water, beer, and sea salt

    Plastic debris found in tap water, beer, and sea salt

    You may think you’re ingesting a safe, clean product, but you’re really putting synthetic microfibers into your body. It is one thing to hear about plastic pollution in oceans, lakes, and waterways; it’s altogether another to learn that plastic is in the food, seasonings, and beverages we’re consuming. A new open-access study, published in PLOS…