drinking water

Uranium Leaked Through Floor of South Carolina Nuclear Plant

Uranium Leaked Through Floor of South Carolina Nuclear Plant

A nuclear plant in Richmond County, South Carolina with a history of contaminating groundwater has leaked radioactive uranium into the soil below the plant, The State reported Tuesday. South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) officials said there was no reason to believe this leak left the the site of the Westinghouse plant […]

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    11 Injured in Protests Over Water Scarcity, Pollution in Southwest Iran

    11 Injured in Protests Over Water Scarcity, Pollution in Southwest Iran

    Protests erupted in the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan this weekend over concerns about water shortages and polluted drinking water in the region, Al Jazeera reported Monday. On Saturday evening, 11 people were injured when a gunman opened fire on demonstrators in the city of Khorramshahr. And on Sunday, officials dispersed a demonstration in the […]

    ‘Privatization Is Not the Answer’: Grave Warnings as Wall Street Vultures Circle Puerto Rico’s Water System

    ‘Privatization Is Not the Answer’: Grave Warnings as Wall Street Vultures Circle Puerto Rico’s Water System

    By Jake Johnson Previous attempts by Wall Street financiers and government officials to privatize Puerto Rico’s water system have produced “disastrous results,” but private equity vultures are exploiting the death and destruction caused by Hurricane Maria to plow ahead with yet another privatization effort—one that environmentalists warn could further imperil the island’s public water infrastructure. […]

    Derailed Train Spills 230,000 Gallons of Crude Into Flooded Iowa River

    Derailed Train Spills 230,000 Gallons of Crude Into Flooded Iowa River

    A train derailment spilled 230,000 gallons of crude oil into an already-flooded Iowa river Friday, endangering downstream drinking water, the Des Moines Register reported Sunday. Thirty-two cars of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train derailed, 14 of which leaked crude oil into the Rock River in Doon, Iowa. The cause of the derailment is […]

    ‘Public Relations Nightmare’ Toxic Chemical Report Finally Released by CDC

    ‘Public Relations Nightmare’ Toxic Chemical Report Finally Released by CDC

    A report with frightening consequences for American drinking water that the Trump administration tried to suppress was finally released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Wednesday, ProPublica reported. The report was the most in-depth look to date at the health impacts of perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, chemicals used in a variety of […]

    Growing Number of Bangladeshis Flee Rising Waters

    Growing Number of Bangladeshis Flee Rising Waters

    By Kieran Cooke As another monsoon season begins, huge numbers of homeless Bangladeshis are once again bracing themselves against the onslaught of floods and the sight of large chunks of land being devoured by rising water levels. Bangladesh, on the Bay of Bengal, is low-lying and crisscrossed by a web of rivers: two thirds of […]

    Consumer Product Safety Testing Overlooks Cancer Risk From Exposure to Multiple Chemicals

    Consumer Product Safety Testing Overlooks Cancer Risk From Exposure to Multiple Chemicals

    By Olga Naidenko Mixtures of chemicals commonly found in consumer products are more likely to increase breast cancer risk than the same chemicals individually, according to a new analysis. But safety tests by government regulators don’t routinely evaluate the combined effects of multiple chemical exposures. For a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Toxicological Sciences, […]

    110 Million Americans May Be Drinking PFAS-Contaminated Water

    110 Million Americans May Be Drinking PFAS-Contaminated Water

    More than 1,500 drinking water systems across the country may be contaminated with the nonstick chemicals PFOA and PFOS, and similar fluorine-based chemicals, a new EWG analysis shows. This groundbreaking finding comes the same day the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is convening a summit to address PFAS chemicals—a class of toxic chemicals that includes […]