State finds 56% of Minnesota's lakes and streams are 'impaired'

A popular stretch of the St. Croix River was found to be contaminated with phosphorus.

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Speaking of water: Michael Cohen on the Salton Sea

In this episode of Speaking of Water, host Eileen Wray-McCann talks with Michael Cohen, a senior researcher at the Pacific Institute, about the Salton Sea.

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Germany′s farmers protest for their future

Farmers feel like they are scapegoats for mainstream society's woes.

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Bioreactors to the rescue in polluted California wetlands

A prototype bioreactor that strips nitrates out of water is helping reduce the problems posed by fertilizer-filled runoff.

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Costs of water pollution, a global scourge, 'underestimated and underappreciated'

A new World Bank report highlights the extensive damage to health, ecosystems, and economies due to water pollution.

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Children

Contaminated drinking water harms kids. Here's what to do about it

Millions of people in the U.S. drink untested or contaminated tap water. Are your kids at risk?

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Sulphur River report shows high pH levels, algae growth

The Sulphur River Basin Summary Report recently released by the Clean Rivers Program shows high pH levels and algal growth in Wright Patman Lake.

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Progressives accuse Mountaire of poisoning Delaware, point to Trump ties

The Young Turks group accuses Mountaire of giving its residential neighbors tumors and asthma, as well as causing deaths. The company is one of the largest chicken producers in the United States.

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Children

Nitrate pollution of US tap water could cause 12,500 cancer cases each year

Revolutionary peer-reviewed study published in Environmental Research analyses health and economic impacts of nitrate pollution in US tap water – could this be the cause of cancer cases?

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Nitrate pollution rising in private wells in Iowa

A new report highlights lack of water quality data for household wells in Iowa.

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Quebec heaviest user of chemical fertilizers in North America, says fired Ag Ministry whistleblower

The overuse of agricultural chemicals is a problem that has spiraled out of control in Quebec, says Louis Robert, who blames the private sector's influence on public policy.

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Justice

Many SC residents are drinking polluted, dirty, unsafe water

The Jenkinsville Water System company failed to inform customers drinking water was contaminated with bacteria. Other small water systems have had troubles with chemicals, nitrates and heavy metals.

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Large number of CAFOs in Western Iowa increases nitrate in streams

Landowners in two Western Iowa watersheds are applying nitrogen fertilizer - in the forms of commercial fertilizer and livestock manure - at more than double the recommended rate, according to new research by the University of Iowa.

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Water

6 years, 2 missed deadlines, and still Yakima Valley's water needs cleaned up

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, nitrates in safe drinking water shouldn't be higher than 10 parts per million. In 2015, the agency found some monitoring wells within a mile radius of three large Yakima Valley dairies had anywhere from 14- to 180-ppm.

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Rural America’s own private Flint: Polluted water too dangerous to drink

The lack of clean water is tied to industrial farms and slack regulations tainting wells across the Midwest and beyond.

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From our Newsroom

What the petrochemical buildout along the Ohio River means for regional communities and beyond

The Ohio River Valley, like the rest of the U.S., stands at a crossroads of energy and industry, facing decisions about whether to turn toward a future of renewable energy and a green jobs revolution or one of shale gas and plastics.

State finds 56% of Minnesota's lakes and streams are 'impaired'

Speaking of water: Michael Cohen on the Salton Sea

Germany′s farmers protest for their future

Bioreactors to the rescue in polluted California wetlands

Costs of water pollution, a global scourge, 'underestimated and underappreciated'

Contaminated drinking water harms kids. Here's what to do about it

Sulphur River report shows high pH levels, algae growth

Progressives accuse Mountaire of poisoning Delaware, point to Trump ties

Nitrate pollution of US tap water could cause 12,500 cancer cases each year

Nitrate pollution rising in private wells in Iowa

Quebec heaviest user of chemical fertilizers in North America, says fired Ag Ministry whistleblower

Many SC residents are drinking polluted, dirty, unsafe water

Large number of CAFOs in Western Iowa increases nitrate in streams

6 years, 2 missed deadlines, and still Yakima Valley's water needs cleaned up

Rural America’s own private Flint: Polluted water too dangerous to drink

Bhopal nocturne

35 years after the chemical industry's worst accident, have we learned any lessons? A petrochemical buildout along the Ohio River suggests we haven't.

Federal tests 'dramatically' undercount BPA and other chemical exposures

Researchers say federal agencies use highly inaccurate tests to estimate exposure to BPA—findings that extend to multiple other harmful chemicals that get into our bodies

Coraopolis drinking water shows PFAS contamination among highest in Pennsylvania, but below federal advisory

PFAS contamination has previously been found at two nearby military bases.

Exposed: A scientific stalemate leaves our hormones and health at risk

American industry, aided by federal regulators, is conducting a large-scale, consequential experiment with our hormones and the developing brains and reproductive systems of our children.

Exposed: How willful blindness keeps BPA on shelves and contaminating our bodies

EHN.org investigation finds regulatory push to discredit independent evidence of harm while favoring pro-industry science despite significant shortcomings.

What the petrochemical buildout along the Ohio River means for regional communities and beyond

The Ohio River Valley, like the rest of the U.S., stands at a crossroads of energy and industry, facing decisions about whether to turn toward a future of renewable energy and a green jobs revolution or one of shale gas and plastics.

35 years after the chemical industry's worst accident, have we learned any lessons? A petrochemical buildout along the Ohio River suggests we haven't.

Researchers say federal agencies use highly inaccurate tests to estimate exposure to BPA—findings that extend to multiple other harmful chemicals that get into our bodies

PFAS contamination has previously been found at two nearby military bases.

American industry, aided by federal regulators, is conducting a large-scale, consequential experiment with our hormones and the developing brains and reproductive systems of our children.

EHN.org investigation finds regulatory push to discredit independent evidence of harm while favoring pro-industry science despite significant shortcomings.

The Ohio River Valley, like the rest of the U.S., stands at a crossroads of energy and industry, facing decisions about whether to turn toward a future of renewable energy and a green jobs revolution or one of shale gas and plastics.

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