Category: Public health
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North metro Denver groundwater contaminated with PFCs flows to 50,000 residents
Photo: South Adams County Water and Sanitation District tests water for metals at Klein Water Treatment Facility on July 13, 2018 in Commerce City. South Adams County Water and Sanitation District tests revealed elevated PFCs Drinking-water well tests in north metro Denver have detected perfluorinated chemicals contamination at levels up to 32 times higher than a federal health…
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White House approves huge reservoir for Lake Okeechobee overflow
Photo: Algae collects along the the shore of Shepard Park on the St. Lucie River near downtown Stuart on June 12, 2018. (Allen Eyestone / The Palm Beach Post) A massive reservoir to hold Lake Okeechobee overflow got White House approval this week, a key step for the fast-tracked plan to spare northern estuaries from…
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Microplastics in our mussels: the sea is feeding human garbage back to us
Shellfish are the natural filter systems of our seas, mechanisms of purity. So, to discover in a report released on World Oceans Day that mussels bought from UK supermarkets were infested with microplastic seems like a final irony in the terrible story of the plasticisation of the sea. According to the study by the University…
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Environmental activist Erin Brockovich on water releases from Lake Okeechobee
A nationally-known environmental activist and consumer advocate is speaking out against the releases of water from Lake Okeechobee. Erin Brockovich, who gained notoriety for her role in building a case against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company of California in 1993, took to Facebook Wednesday. She posted a photo of algae in Port St. Lucie…
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Humans, fish and other animals are consuming microfibers in food and water
Photography by Mark Brown, courtesy of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health It’s 7:48 pm on January 8, 2018, and rain is quenching San Mateo, California’s parched suburban streets. I park my car and don my waterproof jacket and pants, yank on knee-high plastic rain boots, and trudge over to Carolynn Box, science…
