A routine grocery item is raising safety and oversight questions, as a multistate recall exposes deeper cracks in U.S. food monitoring systems.

Military bases are known contributors to environmental and drinking water contamination due to the high concentrations of PFAS chemicals present in firefighting foam frequently used in drills. But ...

A new study revealed there could be tens of thousands more groundwater sources contaminated with high concentrations of carcinogenic chemicals than previously found. The researchers at the PFAS ...

In Guatemala’s Western Highlands, researchers found that the drinking water people trust most may actually be the riskiest.

A recent study published in the journal Atherosclerosis reviewed the links between water and soil pollution and human health. Clean water and healthy soil are essential to human health, well-being, ...

The latest local, regional, statewide and national news updates of the day, as well as detailed and timely reports on sports events in the Oklahoma City area. A heartbreaking situation is unfolding in ...

An aerial photograph, used as an exhibit in a six-day trial in Dec. 2021 and Jan. 2022, shows a section of the Vorsteveld Farm in Panton. Photo courtesy of the Addison Unit of the Vermont Superior ...

At least 16 people, including a six-month-old baby, have died and hundreds have been hospitalised in India's "cleanest city" due to a diarrhoea outbreak caused by contaminated water. Since late ...

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Your tap water’s dirty little secret might have just met its match. Scientists have engineered a high-tech filter that strips toxic “forever chemicals” from drinking water in a matter of minutes.