Public health

What’s Eating Iowa?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xqa0B9r7Y8 Iowa water: Pulitzer Prize winner Art Cullen and award-winning cinematographer Jerry Risius have teamed up again for the new…

3 months ago

Invisible Threats: Understanding Water Contaminants in the U.S.

Clean water is essential for life, yet millions of Americans unknowingly consume contaminants through their drinking water. From lead to…

1 year ago

High levels of microplastics in human brains appear to be increasing

Human brains contain higher concentrations of microplastics than other organs, according to a new study, and the amount appears to be increasing…

1 year ago

Water Quality and Protection

Photo: A harmful algal bloom in Milford Lake, Kansas, made the water appear bright green. Kansas Department ofHealth and Environment…

1 year ago

Scathing report released detailing Navy’s handling of Red Hill fuel spill

The Inspector General of the Department of Defense released some scathing reports Thursday over the Navy’s handling of the jet…

1 year ago

Millions of Americans have never been this hot in October as historic heat wave hits

People cross the road amid hot weather in Covina, California, on Wednesday. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images CNN — Millions of…

1 year ago

Chemicals linked to breast cancer leach into our foods, study finds

Photo: Woman pointing to area on mammogram x-ray, close-up CNN — Nearly 200 chemicals connected to breast cancer are used…

1 year ago

BWS Consultants: Thousands Of Navy Water Tests After The Red Fuel Leak Are Invalid

Navy personnel assist residents at Halsey Terrace Community Center with filling containers full of clean, usable water following the Red…

2 years ago

Boiling Point: Heat, fires, floods — extreme weather has affected 99% of Americans

A firefighter walks through haze as the Park fire burns near Mineral, Calif., in early August. (Noah Berger / Associated…

2 years ago

Drought-driven water pollution hits California Latino communities hard

Drought-driven drinking water contamination is disproportionately affecting members of California’s Latino communities, a new study has found. Among the pollutants…

2 years ago