pollution

USGS ARkStorm 1.0 study showed high risk of contamination from Tulare lake basin flooding

The US Geological Survey’s ARkStorm studies included extensive analyses of vulnerabilities to flooding.  In 2016, USGS Researchers Geoffrey Plumlee,  Charles…

3 years ago

Editorial: Get the ‘forever chemicals’ out of our drinking water

Photo: A machine is rinsed that runs samples to test for PFAS compounds at the Orange County Water District on…

3 years ago

Strawberry fields forever? Production leaves long-term plastic pollution

Photo: polyethylene mulched strawberry fields, San Luis Obispo, CA. Credit: Seeta Sistla Researchers have found that the plastic mulch used…

3 years ago

Risk of tap water exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals higher in Southern California

Nearly 50% of the nation’s tap water is estimated to have at least one type of PFAS, a group of…

3 years ago

Fire retardant kills fish. Is it worth the risk?

Photo: Firefighters drop retardant over Aliso Canyon during the Coastal Fire in Laguna Niguel, California, on May 11, 2022. Jeff…

3 years ago