environment

170 Million Americans Drink Radioactive Tap Water

Drinking water for more than 170 million Americans in all 50 states contains radioactive elements that may increase the risk…

6 years ago

E.P.A. Officials, Disheartened by Agency’s Direction, Are Leaving in Droves

Ronnie B. Levin spent 37 years at the E.P.A. working on lead exposure. She retired in November after what she…

6 years ago

Research will probe dangerous water quality in First Nations communities

Dawn Martin-Hill A team of McMaster University researchers is partnering with members of two First Nations communities, including the nearby…

6 years ago

How do we prevent today’s water crisis becoming tomorrow’s catastrophe?

“Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” In these lines, Samuel Taylor Coleridge made a prescient point: while seawater…

7 years ago