toxins

Most Bottled Water Contaminated With Microplastics

Plastic has become an incredibly harmful convenience, now threatening environmental and human health alike, and in more ways than one.…

5 years ago

Duke Study: Rivers Contaminated With Radium and Lead From Thousands of Fracking Wastewater Spills

Bakken Oil and Gas in Williston, North Dakota on the Missouri River. Photo Credit: EcoFlight Thousands of oil and gas…

5 years ago

At some Detroit schools, toxins in water reached excessive levels

DPSCD has been using water stations and bottled water while the district determines a permanent means to deliver safe, clean…

6 years ago

Water-Filter Pitchers Not Equally Effective at Removing Microcystins

Photo: Dr. Chaffin in the lab. (Credit: Ohio Sea Grant, Stone Laboratory, https://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/news/2018/7a1my/water-quality-safe.) Harmful algal blooms (HABs) and the toxins…

6 years ago

As Climate Warms, Algae Blooms In Drinking Water Supplies

Photo: A toxic algae bloom in Oregon's Detroit Lake caused havoc in May, when toxins made their way into the…

6 years ago