Category: Public health
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The California Drought Isn’t Over, It Just Went Underground
Homeowner Leonicio Ramirez and daughter Tania Ramirez are the first residents to receive water through a water distribution system in East Porterville, California, on Aug. 19, 2016. Engineers at the California Department of Water Resources designed a system to deliver water from the city of Porterville to 1,800 homes in its neighboring community to the…
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Toxic Lake: The Untold Story of Lake Okeechobee
CLEWISTON, Florida – For months during 2016, plumes of toxic algae turned South Florida’s emerald waters the color of coffee and smothered its inlets under a fetid blanket of guacamole-green goop that killed off fish, suffocated oyster beds and triggered a ferocious outcry from coastal residents. From NBC’s “Today Show” to The Daily Telegraph of…
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State toxicologist: Claim that North Carolina well water was safe was ‘scientifically untrue’
Photo: Sam Malpass of Wilmington holds a glass of water from his home in February 2014. Malpass and his wife Pat are part of a small community near L.V. Sutton Complex, which is operated by Duke Energy. They feel spill off and seepage from large coal ash ponds could be polluting their water. Emails obtained…
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Brain-eating amoeba detected in Louisiana water system
A close up photograph of Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that is known to attack the central nervous system. NEW ORLEANS — A potentially deadly amoeba has been detected in a Terrebonne Parish water system, and while officials say tap water is safe to drink, they are urging people to avoid getting it in their noses.…
