Tag: drinking water
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COURTHOUSE NEWS: Experts urge federal action to keep microplastics out of drinking water
Photo: Emiliam Robert VIcol American drinking water has some of the highest concentrations of microscopic plastic waste of anywhere in the world, a group of environmental experts told the Senate. Congress needs to step in to address the growing prevalence of microscopic plastic filaments and other plastic waste in U.S. water sources, a panel of…
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Fire Destroyed This California Town’s Water System. But That Didn’t Slow The Effort To Rebuild
Five years after the Camp Fire, the town of Paradise is still replacing damaged water lines. But it’s been able to do it in a way that hasn’t slowed down reconstruction. Photo: The Paradise Irrigation District published an online map that it regularly updated with water testing results across the system. (Courtesy: Paradise Irrigation District)…
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Stricter Microplastics Regulations Are on the Horizon. Here’s How California Manufacturers Should Prepare
According to the American Chemical Association, the average American consumes up to 121,000 microplastic particles each year—through air, water, and soil—and people who drink only bottled water could consume an additional 90,000. Now, California is taking the lead in trying to regulate the presence of microplastics in drinking water, with significant implications for manufacturers in the…
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The EPA Has Found More Than a Dozen Contaminants in Drinking Water but Hasn’t Set Safety Limits on Them
Credit: Illustration by Micha Huigen, special to ProPublica The inaction on regulating contaminants — including those that likely cause cancer, reproductive or developmental issues — found in the water of millions of Americans illustrates shortcomings in the U.S. response to environmental threats, say experts. As far as state and federal officials are concerned, the drinking…
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San Mateo County schools’ drinking water contaminated with nitrate
Image from October shows a beaker filled with water from the faucet at Pescadero Middle/High School in Pescadero, Calif. KGO-TV PESCADERO, Calif. (KGO) — Drinking water is contaminated with nitrate at two San Mateo County schools. It’s a decades-old problem that resurfaced in a local science classroom. “It’s horrible looking right now,” said Cullen Rose,…
