A northwestern Ontario First Nation that’s struggling through a decade-long social crisis has directed its leaders to blockade the highway if the province grants mineral extraction permits near its ...

Drinking water can help lower blood sugar if a person is dehydrated. This is because being dehydrated causes the blood to become more concentrated, which in turn raises blood glucose levels. Drinking ...

While it’s true that the Boring Co. is feeling the heat from regulators after illegally dumping toxic chemicals into manholes, officials say Southern Nevadans have nothing to worry about when they ...

Aging lead-pipe drinking water systems, along with the public health measures implemented to reduce their risks, are reshaping the chemistry and health of nearby urban streams. New research from ...

Federal regulators heard emotional testimony Wednesday night about how North Carolina should handle toxic chemical releases from the City of Asheboro’s wastewater plant — pollution that eventually ...

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new report from the advocacy nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG) claims to have found arsenic, nitrate and hexavalent chromium, in Central Texas’ water supplies. Hexavalent ...

Health nonprofit the Environmental Working Group has released a map it says shows that nearly 100 million Americans are drinking water contaminated with three toxic chemicals. The map shows which ...

Morgan Barnaby / OPB Salem city leaders will receive an update this week on drawdowns to the Detroit Reservoir and how it will affect drinking water for around 200,000 residents. At a City Council ...

Improvements to a drinking water monitoring network connecting Michigan communities from Lake Huron to Lake Erie will give plant operators about 15 times faster access to water quality readings, ...

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