Category: Public health
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Tijuana River: ‘on the level of the Flint water crisis,’ warn advocates
Photo: The Tijuana River sewage crisis has forced some beaches to close for the past 800 days and counting. For most of the past two years, residents of Imperial Beach have not been able to open their windows. Nor spend the day at the beach with their family. Nor send their children to a playground.…
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Navy Whistleblower Pursued Fraud Case Against Red Hill Contractors, Unsealed Documents Show
Photo: Prior to the fuel leaks at Red Hill in 2021, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Shannon Bencs raised concerns with her superiors about the lines that ran through the underground facility’s tunnels. Newly unsealed court records show she subsequently filed a False Claims Act case against contractors responsible for maintaining, inspecting and repairing many of those…
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‘1,000 Steps Backward’: Navy Says Its Vast Testing Of Pearl Harbor Water Has Been Flawed
Members of the U.S. Navy’s long-term monitoring team conducted water testing at an Aliamanu Military Reservation home in Honolulu in March. (U.S. Navy/2024) For two years, the Navy said water test results indicated no problems. Now, officials are suggesting there is something in the water samples, but they don’t know what it is. Following a…
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Biden administration warns states of cyberattack threat to water, wastewater systems
(The Hill) — The Biden administration warned governors Tuesday that “disabling” cyberattacks are targeting drinking water and wastewater systems throughout the country and urged them to help identify and address any vulnerabilities. Water and wastewater systems can represent an “attractive target” for cyberattacks because of their essential nature and frequent lack of “resources and technical…
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70 million Americans drink water from systems reporting PFAS to EPA. Is yours on our map?
At least 70 million Americans get their water from a system where toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” were found at levels that require reporting to the Environmental Protection Agency. That’s according to new data the EPA released in its ongoing 5-year review of water systems across the nation. The number will almost certainly grow as new reports are released every…
