Category: Public health
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Fourteen Drugs Found in New York City’s Drinking Water
Water samples taken from three upstate watersheds by New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) revealed 14 different drugs, and unspecified types personal care products in New York City’s drinking water. The water samples were extracted between March and December of last year and analyzed for 72 compounds, including antibiotics and prescription drugs. DEP…
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People getting sick from fecal parasite in pools, CDC says. Here’s how to stay safe
Cooling off in the pool or spending the day at a water park are classic summer activities, but government health officials warn that there are parasites lurking in communal water that even chlorine can’t kill. In a well-chlorinated pool, the Giardia parasite can survive for up to 45 minutes, and the hepatitis A virus can…
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‘Tip Of the Spear’: As Customers Beg For Clean Water, Is a Crisis Looming In Appalachia?
The Curtis Crum Reservoir in Martin County, Ky., on Oct. 2, 2018. Water is pumped from the Tug Fork River and stored here before being treated and delivered to residents. Photo: Alex Slitz/Lexington Herald-Leader Editor’s Note: This is the fifth story in a series titled “Stirring the Waters,” focused on the lack of clean, reliable…
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“Fumes Across the Fence Line” – Causes and Effects of Environmental Racism
A study released in November of 2017 produced by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) the Clean Air Task Force (CATF) and the National Medical Association (NMA) “Fumes Across the Fence-line” shows for the first time with empirical data that pollution disproportionately affects communities of color. The 36-page study links pollutants…
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U.S. drinking water supply mostly safe, but that’s not good enough
Most Americans take clean drinking water for granted as a convenience of modern life. The United States has one of the world’s safest drinking water supplies, but new challenges constantly emerge. For example, on May 6 researchers at the nonprofit Environmental Working Group and Northeastern University reported that 43 states have sites where water is…
